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Baffled by the city's sudden popularity, everyone who lives there (and many who don't) tries to pinpoint exactly what it is about Seattle that makes so many people want to pack up their lives and move there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stereotype-Less in Seattle | 8/9/1996 | See Source »

...President Clinton immediately announced a "space summit" in November to set strategy for exploring the finding. Said Clinton: "I am determined the American space program will put its full intellectual power and technological prowess behind the search for further evidence of life on Mars." The scientists found that the pinpoint-sized flecks contained hydrocarbons, which may be the fossil remains of Martian bacteria, single-celled life forms that thrived on the red planet 3.5 billion years ago. The meteorite, called Allan Hills 84001, contains organic molecules called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) which in this case are said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life On Mars? | 8/7/1996 | See Source »

What exactly makes this ballet dull is difficult to pinpoint. The costumes are absolutely marvelous. Much attention has been paid to even the smallest details--so much attention, in fact, that it becomes difficult for an audience member several feet away to truly appreciate all of the workmanship put into making them...

Author: By Sarah A. Rodriguez, | Title: Somnolent 'Beauty' at Boston Ballet | 5/17/1996 | See Source »

...gathered at a botanical garden in Grand Rapids, Michigan. With a Presbyterian minister presiding, Crane, 31, a high school music director, and his lover of four years, Randy Block, 36, affirmed their love and exchanged gold rings. Almost immediately the religious right directed its ire at Crane with the pinpoint accuracy of a laser-guided missile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE UNMARRYING KIND | 4/29/1996 | See Source »

...Fenway Park, having chased down a wayward foul ball to the cheers of the other fans in the park, having watched baseball on a Thursday afternoon. The only thing missing was a peanut guy who could hurl a bag of nuts across four rows of people with pinpoint accuracy...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: Beautiful Game | 4/19/1996 | See Source »

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