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Hale has found that the arrival of a major comet--especially so near the end of a millennium--is still widely regarded as an omen of upheaval and disaster. Several Christian Fundamentalists, he writes in the current issue of Skeptical Inquirer, have proclaimed Hale-Bopp to be one of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRAZY ABOUT COMETS | 3/17/1997 | See Source »

If there's one thing both sides agree on, it's that the land is worth fighting over. The Grand Staircase began forming 250 million years ago as colliding land masses lifted the Colorado Plateau while rivers carved into it. The result is a series of gigantic "steps," each more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEEP DIVIDE | 2/10/1997 | See Source »

RENO: This is how bad the flooding is in Reno, Nevada: even gambling has come to a halt. Some of the worst flooding in decades continues to plague five western states, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes, closing major highways, and closing, for the first time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Floods Continue to Plague West | 1/3/1997 | See Source »

What issue could bring eight of the biggest-selling female writers in the U.S. together under one roof? What subject is so vital that BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD and TAMA JANOWITZ both want to hold forth on it? The future of Diana, Princess of Wales, naturally. Romance Classics, a new TV...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 16, 1996 | 12/16/1996 | See Source »

Texaco transferred control of the pipeline to the Ecuador state petroleum company, Petroecuador, in 1989. In 1993, a lawsuit was filed against Texaco on behalf of 30,000 inhabitants of the Ecuadorian Amazon, seeking damages of over $1 billion for the degradation of the local environment. Elias Piyaguaje, leader of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Texaco Is No Innocent Abroad | 12/2/1996 | See Source »

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