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...original form, the motion, sponsored by Vice-Mayor Kathleen L. Born and Councillor Henrietta A. Davis, merely called on the city manager to communicate concern to state authorities and confer with them to implement a regular testing schedule for the water...

Author: By Andrew A. Green, | Title: City Council Addresses Charles Spill | 7/30/1996 | See Source »

...motion remains constant, the core will make one extra turn every 400 years

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AS THE EARTH TURNS | 7/29/1996 | See Source »

...blocking a move calculated to score family values points for the President as the November election approaches. Women voters, a key demographic group for the Democrats, are especially concerned about protecting children from images of sex and violence on television. At the meeting, Jack Valenti, head of the Motion Picture Association of America, said: "This industry is together in a seamless web of unity, and we will do our level best to make it work." Really? Says TIME's Martha Pickerill: "The industry does not have a clear prescription for what educational programming is. It is hard to imagine that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leave It to Bill | 7/29/1996 | See Source »

Even Michael J. Fox, who has weathered special effects well before, seems a little winded in this go-round, relying more than usual on his rolling eyes and patented nose- wipe motion. Sometimes you wish Alex Keaton were back, whining about stocks in "Family Ties" or something. Instead, he spends his time being chased from place to place, meaningfully seeing things no one else...

Author: By Nicholas R. Rapold, | Title: Latest Fox Flick Is Abominable | 7/23/1996 | See Source »

...which you can generate speed." To get up to speed--about 23 m.p.h. at their fastest--runners have to be careful not to try too hard. As Hirschi says, "Speed and effort are not synonymous." Then, once they reach top speed at 40 m, the key becomes economy of motion. "That's why Carl Lewis always looked like he was eating everyone for lunch," says Hirschi. "He was slowing down the least...

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

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