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Its majestic wings once cast large shadows all over North America. The bird was a survivor. When saber-toothed cats and other big animals died off about 10,000 years ago, the California condor retreated to the carrion-rich Pacific coast and survived. A Spanish priest recorded seeing one in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can They Go Home Again? | 1/27/1992 | See Source »

Crime and drugs are everywhere in America's inner cities. For Antwan, they were only a few yards away as the youngster floated high above his steamy ghetto playground on a turquoise-and-orange swing set. At the playground's edge two teenagers were selling vials of cocaine from a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corridors Of Agony | 1/27/1992 | See Source »

Members of Scharf's family believe they spotted him in an East German film of American POWs made during the war. A figure who appears onscreen for perhaps one second has what they say is Scharf's characteristic waddling walk. Lowerison also has a paper, found in her brother's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Know My Brother's Alive | 1/13/1992 | See Source »

On Harvard's next possession, Maher spotted up from just inside the three-point are on the right side and canned another shot to give Harvard the early 4-0 lead.

Author: By Justin R.P. Ingersoll, | Title: W. Cagers Edge Minutewomen, 55-51 | 12/16/1991 | See Source »

Though Japan's military leaders had decided on war, they had not yet agreed to a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Yamamoto was adamant: "Japan must deal the U.S. Navy a fatal blow at the outset of the war. It is the only way she can fight with any reasonable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Day of Infamy | 12/2/1991 | See Source »

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