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...just come from a tennis tournament in which I had played. It was 11 p.m. As we pulled into the parking lot behind the motel, I noticed a man standing behind the open trunk of his car. I started walking towards the rear entrance of the motel, and the man began to walk behind me as my mother locked the car door. He made me feel uneasy, but I thought to myself, "Jennifer, don't be ridiculous." I was inches from the door when he jumped on top of me and started beating me with a club. I screamed...

Author: By Jennifer M. Rhodes, | Title: More Than Survival | 4/24/1998 | See Source »

Tucked away in the far corner of the convention center are the resplendently decorated show motorcycles. The most striking of these comes complete with double rear tires, airfoil, and American flag paint job. Beside the bike stands a buxom woman also clad in red, white and blue, who refuses to explain the origin of the license plate number ("JUGS...

Author: By Richard D. Ma, | Title: It's a Chopper, Baby | 4/2/1998 | See Source »

...bull whips, fake body parts, garter belts and fishnet stockings. More than 250 different styles of wigs and 300 different masks can make you whoever you want to be. Jack's has all the right equipment for an undercover operative, stocked with dark-tinted spy glasses and sunglasses with rear-view mirrors. In order to add mystery and look the part, amateurs can pick up an authentic Sherlock Holmes-style pipe...

Author: By Shara R. Kay, | Title: jack attack | 4/2/1998 | See Source »

...they are forced to leap up and over an underwater barrier. For example, "Killers"--the name of the break that Knox surfed at Todos Santos--channels big ocean swells across a deep canyon onto a submerged reef. Result: waves sweep in at heights of 10 to 20 ft., then rear up, like bucking broncos, to much greater heights. "A wave is a moving mountain," says Collins, "and what happens after you go off the edge is that the whole mountain tries to fall down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Winter Of Giant Waves | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

...Diana in a seat belt campaign that critics charged was tasteless and insensitive. Politicians, police and safety organizations had condemned a reported plan by the Royal Automobile Club for a campaign claiming the princess could have survived the Aug. 31 Paris car crash if she had been wearing a rear seat belt. On the other hand, margarine tubs bearing Diana's official logo went on sale Monday -- provoking complaints about commercialism, even though the money will go to charity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Charles and His Boys on Holiday | 3/24/1998 | See Source »

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