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...government is paying $210,000 to find out whether burping cows contribute to global warming. Researchers will strap monitors near the cud-chewing creatures' mouths to measure how much methane they emit. Flatulence is considered a comparatively minor source...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Weird Science Prize | 1/14/1991 | See Source »

...hobo bag, which had not been manufactured since 1975, has been revived and is now one of the two top Gucci offerings in U.S. stores. The other is a roomy, bamboo-handle leather bag, created in 1957. The updated version, which is enlarged and comes with a leather shoulder strap, is offered in calfskin leather ($895) and crocodile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Gucci's Colorful Return to Style | 12/24/1990 | See Source »

...largely computer-generated extravaganza called Echoes of the Sun that was co-produced by the Japanese firm Fujitsu, opened last week at the Fujitsu Pavilion at Expo '90, an international fair in Osaka. Showgoers queued up for a chance to park themselves in front of a huge wraparound screen, strap on a pair of battery-powered goggles and enter a startlingly realistic 3-D world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Grab Your Goggles, 3-D Is Back! | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

...Harris, such controversies may soon be moot. Unless some unexpected hitch develops, at about 2:45 a.m. on April 3, the execution squad will escort Harris, wearing a new pair of jeans and a denim work shirt, into the gas chamber and strap him into one of the two seats. Fifteen minutes later, the chamber will fill with cyanide gas. Harris will inhale, slump over and, within minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Politics of Life and Death | 4/2/1990 | See Source »

...disappointing, is that Larew supports his condescending and morally loaded premise with distortions of the truth. If he looks carefully at the poster to which he refers (I have a copy if he would like a second look) he will notice that the soldier in question still has the strap of his gun around his neck. If he actually attempted to beat the Palestinian woman with the butt of his rifle, he would have decapitated himself. Perhaps Larew found the inscription "Bullshit!" across the photo because it claimed to portray something that was not occuring in the picture. Though...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Defense of Israel Is No Vice | 12/2/1989 | See Source »

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