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Somewhere in eastern Montana, in the rolling, eroded hills known as the Hell Creek formation, paleontologist Jack Horner sips a beer and looks down at the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever unearthed. It lies on its left side, its neck twisted back pitiably. Horner's crew has just exposed a section of pelvic bone to its first sunset in 65 million years, and someone remarks on the redness of the bone, like smoked bacon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JACK HORNER; Head Man In the Boneyard | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

...marked as suicide, but Mendelson knows who shot him and why. The cover-up is reminiscent of an actual Los Angeles scandal; the malicious dialogue and the insider's knowledge of West Coast society are Dunne's alone. The mix is simultaneously off-putting and wickedly informative. Think of Rex Reed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Summer Reading | 7/2/1990 | See Source »

...crowded with Hong Kong, Singaporean and European businessmen. On Dong Khoi Street, the Continental Palace Hotel has undergone a complete renovation. The famous "Continental shelf," once an open-air terrace where American journalists and government officials camped out, is now enclosed and air-conditioned. The Rex, formerly a U.S. Army billet, has reopened as a luxury hotel, and the Majestic, facing the Saigon River, has been spruced up. The hotels take only hard currency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vietnam: A War on Poverty | 4/30/1990 | See Source »

...Wichita this week, the smart money will be on the contestants from Texas and California. These young women, Stephanie Kuehne and Cynthia Nelson, both 22, may have a distinct advantage over the rest of the field. They have been groomed, draped and polished by two Texans, Richard Guy and Rex Holt, whose Lone Star protegees have walked away with the Miss USA crown five years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Profits In Poise and Pulchritude | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

...CIRCLE. Rex Harrison, 81, gives an elegantly understated turn in Somerset Maugham's beguiling Broadway comedy of marital scandal and autumnal passion. Stewart Granger and Glynis Johns co-star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Dec. 11, 1989 | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

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