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...Rockingham County Superior Court in Exeter, court watchers began queuing up in the wee hours to get good seats. The Boston Herald set up a 900 number, at 95 cents a minute, for readers to call in verdicts. One witness, who has already sold her story to Hollywood for $100,000, testified that Smart told the boys to lock the dog in the cellar so it would not have to watch the dastardly deed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Murders They Wrote | 4/1/1991 | See Source »

Well, maybe a wee bit possible. For instance, an insignificant other I "dated" (read: spent money on) last summer dumped me for one clearly articulated, genuinely sincere motive...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: The Two Sides of Valentine's Day | 2/14/1991 | See Source »

...Cannae," says Suddath, in which Hannibal in 216 crushed the forces of Rome. "It was the first real war of annihilation, the kind Norman wanted to fight." He desperately wanted to lead his country's forces into a major battle. "We'd talk about these things in the wee hours, and Norman would predict not only that he would lead a major American army into combat, but that it would be a battle decisive to the nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Commander: Stormin' Norman Schwarzkopf On Top | 2/4/1991 | See Source »

Such protests came to a head last week, when 60,000 farmers wearing broad- brimmed bush hats converged on Melbourne to dramatize their hardships. Coming from specks on the map like Yackandandah and Koo-wee-rup, they marched along leading sheepdogs or, in two cases, mounted on camels. AUSTRALIA FOR SHEEP, NOT POLITICAL GOATS proclaimed one placard. Rally leader Danny Johnson from Warracknabeal drew cheers when he shouted, "The heart has been ripped out of country Australia by high interest rates and excessive government taxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Australia Slaughter Down Under | 1/14/1991 | See Source »

...careful to pick soporific fare: "I sometimes get so involved in the program that I'm more wide awake than ever." And some think that if they absolutely, positively can't sleep, then they might as well get some work done. Reporter-researcher Linda Williams pays bills in the wee hours and vacuums her apartment (poor neighbors). Steve Hart, who designed the accompanying charts on sleep rhythms, has even been known to replace the grout around his bathroom tiles after midnight. It's not getting to sleep that bothers associate art director Ina Saltz; it's what happens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From the Publisher: Dec 17 1990 | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

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