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...hospital) and tore the steeple from a Georgia church as the congregation sang Amazing Grace. Still, in Florence, Mississippi, fate smiled on a six-day-old girl, ripped from her father's arms when a twister hit their mobile home. She was found 40 minutes later in the underbrush, wet and scratched -- but alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vortex Of Misery | 12/7/1992 | See Source »

...They were climbing on the statue, they had a paint can, and their clothes were soiled with paint. The paint on the statue was still wet," Johnson said. "The guard made an immediate decision that these students were up to no good...

Author: By Asya M. Muchnick, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Yalies Admit to Statue Prank | 12/5/1992 | See Source »

...Kentucky takes shape. The unusual limestone terrains where this process occurs are known as karst, named for one such region in Slovenia that is famous for its caves. About 15% of the earth's terrain is karst. By studying and dating the old subterranean waterways, researchers can tell how wet or dry past climates have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Subterranean Secrets | 11/30/1992 | See Source »

Infused with partisan joy, the hall also loosened itself from its moorings on the Charles River, and slowly eased its way up into the air to live in the celestial moment. The drug-like rapture of dreams and hopes untold erased the reality of a cold, wet night. But it was time to go. And just as the inevitable consequence of drink is a rotten stomach and polluted brain, so I fear a night of undiluted hope may be wrecked by harsh sobriety...

Author: By Tony Gubba, | Title: For the Moment | 11/12/1992 | See Source »

...still getting my feet wet," Zalot declares. "It's still baptism under fire...

Author: By David P. Bardeen, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Who Makes Sure That Harvard Plays By the Rules? Zalot Does! | 11/3/1992 | See Source »

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