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...Africa, India and China, but no one could tell for sure what sort of dinosaur laid them. After examining the bones and distinctively shaped teeth of the fragmented embryos, some of which were close to hatching when they died, the researchers firmly identified them as a type of sauropod, kin to the familiar Brontosaurus (more accurately known as Apatosaurus) of comic-book fame. Had they survived, they would have been about 15 in. long at birth--"about the size of a small poodle," says Chiappe--but 40 ft. to 50 ft. from the tips of their giraffe-like necks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unscrambling the Past | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...this, saying circumstances bolster Madison's link to Jefferson and even call into question the nullification of the Thomas lineage. At any rate, the clan may have no choice but to meet the rest of the family: the association holds a barbecue every spring, and several of the Hemings kin say they just might drop by next year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family Reunion | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...within is subdivided into 32 cubicles doled out to at least 100 men. The stink of sweat, unwashed clothing, old shoes and garbage suffuses the narrow makeshift corridors. Cooking noises mingle with the gurgle of kitchen-side urinals. On tiny TV sets, a few men watch home videos of kin and country long left behind, for some as much as a decade ago. Others stare at the distant passion of porn tapes smuggled in from the old homeland. Each night the sounds of aching and loneliness drift down to the streets of Chinatown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slaves Of New York | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

Still hungry like the wolf? The food theme continues as WFNX Leftover Lunch presents John Taylor Terroristen, formerly of Duran Duran. 9 p.m., Mama Kin Music Hall, 36 Lansdowne St., Boston, 536-2100. $10 in advance, $12 at the door...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LISTINGS | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

Thoughts and breath float down a golden saxophone and emerge as hundreds of liquid moans and cataclysmic rhythms on a night made for jazz. The Mama Kin Playhouse (owned by Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, of all people) presented Ravi Coltrane. As the son of John Coltrane, the legendary jazz musician, Ravi is making the saxophone a treasured trademark of the Coltrane family and also creating his own style. Dapper suits and casual jeans, cocktail dresses and T-shirts all stepped into the dim club with a quiet sophistication...

Author: By Nicole A. Lopez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Coltrane Tradition | 10/9/1998 | See Source »

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