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...characterized by wins, the Bad Life was characterized by losses--seven losses, all in a row. If the Crimson's Bad Life was your life, you would have failed all four of your classes, including Heroes for Zeros, totaled your brand new car (the one you won on Wheel of Fortune during the Good Life), lost your new boy/girlfriend to your roommate, and to cap it all off, you would have lost the Techmo bowl championship to your ten year-old little sister...

Author: By Josie Karp, | Title: It Can't Be All That Bad | 3/5/1991 | See Source »

Accused are Jonah Tajeu Magiroi, 28, and Peter Metui Kipeen, 26, who police now believe took Julie Ward into their rangers' camp after her Suzuki four- wheel-drive vehicle broke down in the park. Investigators think that radio trouble kept the men from calling for assistance and that she stayed with them for about a week on friendly terms before an altercation led to her murder. John Ward is expected to be a witness at the trial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KENYA: A Private Quest For Justice | 2/25/1991 | See Source »

...whole van lowers to a few centimeters off the ground, and a ramp slides into place. Krauthammer rolls his wheelchair onto the ramp and maneuvers it into the van. Once inside, his wheelchair locks into place and becomes the driver's seat. His right hand operates a horizontal steering wheel that takes almost no effort to turn; his left hand rests on a lever that activates a vacuum pump that in turn operates both the gas and brake controls. When the lever is pushed toward the window, the van accelerates; when it is pushed toward the center of the vehicle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Machines That Work Miracles | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

...plan being considered by the committee is to create "more of a grooved track" so that people doing environmental studies "don't have to reinvent the wheel each time," he says...

Author: By Seth S. Harkness, | Title: Scholars Consider Alternatives for An Interdisciplinary Curriculum | 2/12/1991 | See Source »

...outside Iraq knows for certain how many Scuds Saddam Hussein had in his arsenal before war broke out last week. Estimates run between 500 and 800. Baghdad possessed as many as 32 fixed launchers in silos and at least 36 mobile ones mounted on huge eight-wheel trucks. After the first air raids, most fixed launchers were destroyed, but some 15 mobile Scuds survived. It takes about five hours to prepare a Scud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dangerous Dinosaur | 1/28/1991 | See Source »

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