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...made his final appearance on the stage of the Palais Garnier, home of the Paris Opera Ballet, after a performance of his staging of La Bayadere. He needed dancers' support to stay upright. He was gaunt and emaciated, but the style was defiantly intact -- he was swathed in a huge gold-and-scarlet cape -- and so was the fiery heroism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Who Transformed Their Worlds: Rudolf Nureyev (1938-1993) | 1/18/1993 | See Source »

...dinosaur that, while smaller than Tyrannosaurus, was probably a whole lot nastier. Labeled the "Utahraptor" until a more suitable scientific name can be found, the 7-m (20-ft.), one-ton beast is the largest specimen ever seen of a variety of dinosaur known as the Velociraptor, an upright, fast-moving carnivore that sported an enormous claw on the back of each foot for slashing at prey. It was, according to one researcher, "the wolverine of the Cretaceous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now For Something Really Nasty | 7/27/1992 | See Source »

...cliches that abound in the Australian productions, platitudes which are generally crafted for American consumption. For good measure, the audience is favored with a gratuitous glimpse of the Aborigine as a Noble Savage, revealed in appropriately lyrical phraseology: "A giant canoe drifts on the sea, clouds billowing from upright oars. This is a dream which has lost its way." Despite such instances of garish scriptwriting, Our Country's Good succeeds in being a masterpiece of realism...

Author: By Ashwini Sukthankar, | Title: Art's Redemptive Powers Triumph in Our Country's Good | 5/1/1992 | See Source »

...hazardous materials task force equipped in fully encapsulated suits entered the building, placed the cylinder in an upright position, and put it under a film hood, he said...

Author: By Betty L. Cung, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Poisonous Gas Leak in Lab Forces Building Evacuation | 4/7/1992 | See Source »

...showed the delicacy and pace that make her a joy to watch. In the long -- 4- min. -- format she fumbled one triple jump, but everyone else in contention did at least that. In the current high-vaulting, teeter-totter world of skating, to jump is to survive, to land upright is to prevail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1992 Winter Olympics: When Dreams Come True | 3/2/1992 | See Source »

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