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...less than a penny, to Indonesia's giant flying fox, with wingspans of nearly 6 ft. Many bats feed on insects, while others prefer fruit, nectar or pollen. A few feast on fish, frogs, rodents and, yes, blood. Contrary to legend, however, vampire bats, which dwell in Latin America, suck the blood of grazing cattle and horses, not sleeping humans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATS' NEW IMAGE | 8/21/1995 | See Source »

...abortion. "In illustration No. 4," Smith said calmly, "the abortionist takes a pair of scissors and inserts the scissors into the back of the skull and then opens up the scissors to make a gap in the back of the skull in order to insert a catheter to literally suck the brains from the back of that child's head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE EROSION STRATEGY | 7/3/1995 | See Source »

...Greenough package--you always beat the dinner rush, never have to debate whether it's worth it to trudge through the snow for dinner and when I was there you could sneak onto the roof and find a perfect spot to make snow angels. But I think it basically sucks to miss out on that crucial part of the Harvard experience. I have never seen the primal scream in all its naked, dancing glory, and I am sorry to say it will suck even more for Union dorm residents when they no longer have the advantage of being closest...

Author: By Robin J. Stamm, | Title: Struggling to Adapt to Harvard Can Be a Scary Experience | 6/27/1995 | See Source »

...downside of IBM is that it takes 42 people to make a decision," says Mitchell Kapor, the founder of Lotus, who now is an adjunct professor at M.I.T. "If that happens, Ray will throw up his hands." Gerstner tries to sound reassuring. "We certainly don't want to suck Lotus into the giant company that IBM is and destroy what makes it so successful and unique," he says. "They can run their daily lives the way they've always done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BIG BLUE BITES BACK | 6/19/1995 | See Source »

What was the group's sound? "We started in junior high messing around in a friend's basement. By the ninth grade, we were playing clubs in Boston. We were rock/alternative, with a sort of heavy edge to it. The music is really good, but the lyrics suck. If they want to make it big, they need lyrics that are in touch with teen angst and stuff that sells...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: How to Succeed in Local Politics | 6/8/1995 | See Source »

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