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Sunny weather did little to assuage fears of further flooding today in waterlogged California. Following a week of killer rainstorms, clear skies brought the threat of fresh flooding as mountain snow started to melt into overflowing reservoirs, lakes and streams. Some 100 miles north of San Francisco, hundreds of people fled their homes as the 30-mile-long Clearlake overflowed. During the past two weeks, flooding throughout the state has forced 7,000 Californians to evacuate their homes and has left at least 14 dead. Gov. Pete Wilson expanded his request for federal disaster funding today, seeking to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA BRACES FOR MELTDOWN | 3/15/1995 | See Source »

...feels about marshmallow:I think it's wonderful stuff, especially fluff. That's even better because it's spreadable without going through that over the fire stage, when you have to melt them down. They usually just combust over the fire, and somebody's figured that out. I'd like to shake his hand, whoever that is. Now , you can just pit fluff on anything...

Author: By Michelle C. Sullivan, | Title: profile No More Homework Talk | 2/9/1995 | See Source »

...wind chill factor last night reached 30 below zero. Temperatures are expected to stay below freezing through Friday, and the snow is not likely to melt away soon...

Author: By Amita M. Shukla, | Title: Winter Returns With a Vengeance | 2/6/1995 | See Source »

...Reckoning, his first collection of poetry. Seeking the creative fulfillment that military service could not provide, Carter turned to verse in the Navy. The poems span the full range from folksy to sentimental; one reads, "It's hard to know what I can say ... to have the coolness melt/ To share once more/ The warmth we've felt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 30, 1995 | 1/30/1995 | See Source »

These arguments melt before the case for school prayer, which is historical and political. The Founders knew that religion should be left to believers. They invoked God not to instruct Americans about theology, but to remind them about the nature of liberty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let Us Pray | 12/19/1994 | See Source »

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