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Ancient volcanoes begin spewing smoke and lava across the plains of Siberia and don't stop for a million years. The sky all around the earth becomes dusty and foul. Eventually the planet is rendered so wretchedly uninhabitable that life itself is nearly snuffed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHEN LIFE NEARLY DIED | 9/18/1995 | See Source »

...African Rift Valley. An 1,800-mile-long gash in the surface of the earth, the Rift has yielded many important clues to early human history, because of its unique geology. Layers of sediment preserved animal specimens, while the volcanic eruptions that periodically shook the valley produced ash and lava whose radioactive elements make the fossils easy to date. Probably the most famous inhabitant of the valley was the diminutive creature known as Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis), whose fossil skeleton was discovered in 1974 and who lived more than 3 million years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ON ITS OWN TWO FEET | 8/28/1995 | See Source »

...Cheungsheng search for their adopted Nationalist Army, they hear something in the distance. It builds into a roar, and their fear is tangible, Suddenly, tens of thousands of communist soldiers storm down the hill after them. Fugui and Chungsheng run, but it is futile. Like a stream of lava overtaking them, Mao's forces surround Fugui and Cheungsheng. This scene immediately distinguishes "To Live" from any other film in recent memory. It is the work of a craftsman with a lot of money to spend. It is the stuff that makes movies larger than life...

Author: By Jonathan Bonanno, | Title: An Ordinary Man Lives a Poignant Life | 1/13/1995 | See Source »

Aside from Newt's hour, the network's most talked-about show is Youngbloods, a political round table featuring six men and women in their 20s. The show is set in a mock dorm lounge complete with loud furniture and a lava lamp. The slouching panelists, two moderate liberals among them, fervidly debate everything from the balanced-budget amendment to the death of patriotism. Discussions can be just as entertainingly fiery. When asked how he would handle the Bosnia crisis if he were President, Youngblood Tom Fitton rejoined: "We bomb the Serbs into oblivion until they start acting like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Network That Newt Built | 1/9/1995 | See Source »

...thing about Allen -- his macho-guy persona gets old real fast. All that talk about power drills and Lava soap and walking around the house "looking for things to rewire." Just how universal is this? If anything in my house needs rewiring, I'm on the phone to Rescue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: Take These Books, Please | 11/7/1994 | See Source »

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