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...With a Republican administration, people like my parents might not be citizens, much less myself," said Phan, a Beaverton resident who was born in Guam. "I'm gritting my teeth and bearing...

Author: By C.r. Mcfadden, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Democrats Unite Under One Big Tent | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

With its 6-in.-long razor-sharp teeth, Tyrannosaurus rex certainly had the look of a fearsome hunter. But looks aren't everything. For decades paleontologists have chewed over the suggestion that T. rex's eyes were too small, its arms too short and its legs too slow for effective hunting. A few experts have gone so far as to say that despite the monster's huge jaws, its teeth were fragile and its jaw muscles were not strong enough to capture and kill other animals. Maybe the king of the dinosaurs was just a lowly scavenger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ONE MEAN BITE | 9/2/1996 | See Source »

...expressions on the locals' faces were priceless. The middle-aged men sitting around the bar--fully bearded pirates with crooked the teeth and beer bellies--looked satisfied with life and relaxed. Ditto for the women watching the movie intently...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Sailing Away to Buffetville | 8/16/1996 | See Source »

...roaches therefore spend their time making often incomprehensible wise-cracks from under any object in Joe's nightmarishly filthy apartment that could be animated: false teeth, toast, lampshades etc. Payson's philosophy seems to have been to keep things moving, literally, at any cost...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, | Title: MTV Flick Grows Old Quick | 7/30/1996 | See Source »

Perhaps if MTV had sunk its teeth into things and put the whole film through the quick-cut music-video grinder, at least they could be seen to stand by their principles. Otherwise, "Joe's Apartment" fails, despite however millions of years its stars have survived. Wait for stars even lower in the march of evolution: Beavis and Butthead...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, | Title: MTV Flick Grows Old Quick | 7/30/1996 | See Source »

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