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...Tweeter building looks happier than it has in a long time," Jo Solet, a member of the Commission, told the developers...

Author: By Matthew S. Mchale, | Title: Historical Commission Approves Restructing of Grendel's, Tweeter | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

...much to do, so little time. The 100-m dash is at once the shortest foot race in the Olympics, the longest running and the most fabled. It has belonged to Harold Abrahams, Jesse Owens, Bob Hayes, Carl Lewis, Wilma Rudolph and Flo-Jo, not to mention a man named Stella. Ever since Antwerp in 1920, when Charley Paddock gulped down a raw egg in a glass of sherry and defeated five rivals with a time of 10.8 sec., the winner has been declared "the world's fastest human." Basically, the race is 10 sec. that last a lifetime. Adding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOLD RUSH | 7/22/1996 | See Source »

...drummer Jo Jones once reminisced that when he started jamming in Kansas City, it wasn't unusual for a single number to go on for an hour or more: "They didn't tell me at that time that they used to change drummers so I just sat there and played the whole time for pure joy." For the 63 minutes that this CD goes on, one can listen the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: FINDING A COMMON GROOVE | 6/24/1996 | See Source »

...DIED. JO VAN FLEET, 81, actress noted for portrayals of proud, stoical mothers; in New York City. Her many films include Cool Hand Luke and East of Eden, for which she won a supporting-actress Oscar. On Broadway she appeared in The Trip to Bountiful and Look Homeward Angel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jun. 24, 1996 | 6/24/1996 | See Source »

...ruckus when he accused Amy Fisher's father of abusing his daughter. "Diddled" was how Buttafuoco put it on Howard Stern's national radio show. Elliot Fisher took a dim view of this remark and phoned in to deny it vehemently. After that, things got really ugly--even Mary Jo Buttafuoco joined in--and Stern found himself doing something uncharacteristic: restoring sanity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 20, 1996 | 5/20/1996 | See Source »

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