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Rowley stepped out of the shotgun and aimed for a receiver, only to have his offering swatted away by junior defensive end Mike Armstrong. On the very next play, Rowley got the ball and took a few steps to the right only to be pulled down by senior defensive end Marc Laborsky for a loss...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Football Holds On, Downs Brown 27-20 | 9/24/2001 | See Source »

When Nirvana's Kurt Cobain died of a self-inflicted shotgun blast in 1994 at age 27, it marked the end of a short life plagued by family troubles, heroin addiction and struggles with fame. His story certainly wasn't heavenly, but it was heavy, and Cross--a grunge sponge who conducted 400 interviews for this serious, substantial biography--lays it all out vividly. Extraordinary access to Cobain's unpublished journals helps the narrative move like the best Nirvana anthems: a slow build, some off-kilter rhythms, softly seductive passages followed by loud screams and a devastating finish. Smells like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Heavier Than Heaven | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

...Whether you care about Hellman's case or not, $15 for 250 pages of comics still works out to a great deal. "Legal Action Comics" takes the shotgun approach to anthology-making. Some contributions are unreadable, but with so many of them you always find something enjoyable within a few pages. The creation of this book will inevitably be the best thing born out of such asinine circumstances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lemons into Lemonade | 9/7/2001 | See Source »

...Despite their optimism, Territorians have been prodded by the week's events to reflect on their home, and the vulnerability that comes with isolation. Dangling a shotgun as he waves down vehicles for inspection, a young policeman says this kind of violence is rare. But before motioning the next vehicle on, he adds a chilling caveat: "Now you wonder, though, how often murder does go on and we don't know about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terror Australia | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

...part of Hunter's life that would change most drastically, however, was the one belonging to his other persona--Shotgun Shane Sawyer, professional wrestler on the western Carolina circuits, which fall a long step below the World Wrestling Federation follies featured on TV. As he lay in his Duke hospital bed, Hunter, as Shotgun, promised surgeon Tuttle that he would not only one day wrestle again but also personally subject her to one of wrestling's more flamboyant moves, the overhead, body-rotating Airplane Spin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shotgun Rides Again | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

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