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Just as the Oklahoma capsized, a tremendous explosion tore open the Arizona. "A spurt of flame came out of the guns in No. 2 turret, followed by an explosion of the forward magazine," said a mechanic on the nearby tanker Ramapo. "The foremast leaned forward, and the whole forward part of the ship was enveloped in flame and smoke and continued to burn fiercely...

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

...Engineers. At about the same time came a country jamboree called the Baldknobbers, named for a legendary vigilante group, and still a top attraction. But it was not until 1983, when Roy Clark's Celebrity Theater began to bring big names to town, that the strip began its growth spurt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Country Music's New Mecca | 8/26/1991 | See Source »

...That the image refracted in the media-crazed mirror never settles is hypnotizing. Her throwaway line "Experience has made me rich/ And now they're after me," from her tune Material Girl, seems more a wily prophecy than mere egoistic cant. Her latest public catharsis -- a quantum artistic growth spurt, if you will -- is Truth or Dare. It is a panoramic, emetic, beauty-marks-and-all, feature-length autobiographical documentary shot during her Blond Ambition tour. The film, which opens nationally on May 17, is a celebrity voyeur's feast that draws its substance from the dark well of Madonna...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Madonna In Bloom: MADONNA | 5/20/1991 | See Source »

...movie, and they don't know how to turn a book into a movie. So they're buying up a lot of books. And from these they will get screenplays that just don't work. Once that happens, they will move on to the next thing. It goes in spurts. Right now, this is the book spurt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood Dances with Words | 4/1/1991 | See Source »

Harvard fought back from a 21-14 first-half deficit to tie the game, 23-23, with seven minutes remaining before intermission. But the Elis then went on a 13-2 run over the next four minutes. McCready had six points during the spurt, all on second-chance layups. Center Cacey Cammann (13 points) hit two fastbreak layups during...

Author: By Sean Becker, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Yale Sinks M. Cagers, 86-64 | 2/23/1991 | See Source »

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