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...swivel of its head and a flashing of teeth warn Garner that there is plenty of defiance left in this 272-kg (600-lb.) carnivore. With a syringe, he injects more drug. At last the head droops, and Garner can proceed. Around the bear's neck he fastens a vinyl collar containing a computer that will send data to a satellite, allowing scientists to keep track of the animal for a year. By the time Bear No. 6,886 raises its head, the helicopter is safely aloft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search of the Great White Bear | 9/16/1991 | See Source »

...rebuild L.A. Gear's momentum, chairman Robert Greenberg signed singer Paula Abdul to endorse her own line. The company also hopes youngsters will go for Sun Blossoms tennis shoes, which sport white vinyl flowers that change color in sunlight. To top it off, the company will launch Catapult, a $100 shoe designed to compete with Nike's Air Jordan and Reebok's the Pump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPORTING GOODS: A Blowout In Sneakers | 2/4/1991 | See Source »

...room at the Hilton, he told her; he had run out of money. A few days later, a courier showed up in Switzerland carrying $1,500 in cash and a photo of Awad. It was Abu Saif. A search of his shoulder bag showed that part of a maroon vinyl liner had been cut out: the missing fabric had been used to wrap the bomb found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism: The Life and Crimes of a Middle East Terrorist | 1/14/1991 | See Source »

Today, as he gazes at the Greensboro Historical Museum's sit-in exhibit, complete with four original chrome-and-vinyl stools, Richmond is not frightened. But he is troubled. All around, Richmond sees an enduring legacy of segregation and wonders why things have not improved. "I would've hoped that things would've been better, but they're not getting any better," he laments. "They're getting worse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greensboro, North Carolina The Legacy of Segregation | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

...Warner Bros. Records as a cultural curiosity and house genius, collaborating with such hothouse talents as Ry Cooder and Lowell George. In 1968 he turned out his first solo album, Song Cycle, a heavily layered and intricately rhymed portrait of Los Angeles that is like Thomas Pynchon on vinyl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Town Crier of Weird | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

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