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...discovery to rival such gushers as Alaska's North Slope or Britain's North Sea? One might think the giant oil companies have the answer. But the biggest customers of all are turning to a 79-year-old Texan who operates like the Indiana Jones of the oil patch. Gene Van Dyke is one of the last of the wildcatters, independent operators who roam jungles and deserts looking for black gold. He has become the man to see if you need millions of barrels of crude oil a day to fuel a booming industrializing country, which is why the rough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Has This Man Found the Next Gusher? | 11/20/2005 | See Source »

What? The tailgate shuts down after the second quarter? I can’t hear you. I’m so drunk I have lost auditory sensation. 1 bottle Gatorade 1 patch of grass, for pouring out half of Gatorade 1 part rest of Gatorade 1 part Vodka/Rum/Everclear/Sprite Zero—in your drunken stupor it’ll all be the same...

Author: By FM Staff | Title: Drinky Drink | 11/16/2005 | See Source »

...removed from the scene of his death and later disposed of by a CIA unit chief who supervised interrogators. CIA investigators wrote that in interviews months later, the unit chief maintained that "he did not think there was anything of importance on the hood," despite a "pancake-size" patch of blood that stained it. The investigators wrote that the officer said that "normally at the end of a mission he would throw used hood[s] out ... he thinks he just threw the hood in the trash" and that he might have said, "We don't want people picking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haunted by The Iceman | 11/14/2005 | See Source »

...This is: A tree ornament 4% A doily 10% An internal wound-care bandage 75% A patch for your jeans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quiz: Name That Invention | 11/11/2005 | See Source »

...Great Depression (PBS) In the tradition of The Civil War and Eyes on the Prize, this documentary series (from Eyes creator Henry Hampton) brought another patch of American history to life with an artist's eye and an educator's passion. Everything from the breadlines to the political battles was made fresh, dramatic, relevant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BEST TELEVISION OF 1993 | 11/3/2005 | See Source »

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