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...Skeptical Inquirer, have proclaimed Hale-Bopp to be one of the "signs of the end times" foretold in the New Testament. They also suggest that the comet might be the object described in Revelation 8: 10 as a great star named Wormwood that "fell from heaven, blazing like a torch." Wormwood, according to the Bible, destroys a third of almost everything: people, land, rivers and seas. Others claim that the comet is some kind of alien mother ship "under intelligent control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRAZY ABOUT COMETS | 3/17/1997 | See Source »

...music, composed by Amy M. Brown '97 and Rashida Jones '97, glided from genre to genre, alighting on reggae, torch and the Beach Boys. The songs did not drag, and with their clever lyrics, they kept the audience on its toes. Particularly amusing were "I Like to Play With Dolls," a quasi-ballad sung by Jed Eyenite, with its hero's admission that whenever there are brawls, "I'll be skipping 'round my garden, twirling parasols"; "Stick Out Your Chest," an ensemble number with lines like "You gotta pucker your lips,/ Throw out your tush,/ And shake your hips...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Drinks Before, Not After | 3/11/1997 | See Source »

Western Pennsylvania has definitely been a gold mine for Harvard football in recent years, as Bibro is the third consecutive Pittsburgh native to take the torch for the Crimson...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, | Title: Football Celebrates Win at Banquet | 11/26/1996 | See Source »

...time, there was no way of knowing the significance of the final leg of the torch run at the opening ceremony for the Atlanta Olympics. It was simply nice that the leg began with Atlanta native and former Olympic boxer Evander Holyfield running in the tunnel beneath the stadium, with his own smile as a beacon, and ended with the lighting of the torch by Muhammad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BIBLE THUMPER | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

QUOTE OF NOTE: "This election is about making sure that the world our children and grandchildren inherit from us is a world with all of the opportunity and freedom that they deserve. I want to pass them a torch that is still burning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: ALABAMA | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

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