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Just a year ago, the triangular plot situated behind row houses was strewn with debris, offering little for children except two basketball backboards and hoops without nets. Now the hoops have nets, and the triangle has been transformed into a smooth, attractive greensward edged with shrubs. In the center stands a shiny yellow swing-and-slide set. "Truthfully, this park wouldn't be here," says Roberts, "if it weren't for Adam's group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KIDS WHO CARE | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

...works, Meyer repeats under his breath, over and over, "No biting, no biting, no biting..." The object of his mantra gapes below us--a foot-wide crescent studded with hundreds of razor-sharp, serrated, half-inch-long triangular teeth. This fish is only half-grown--an adult tiger shark can surpass 14 ft. in length--but it could easily take off a hand or an arm, or a chunk of torso you wouldn't want to try and live without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNDER ATTACK | 8/11/1997 | See Source »

...Fortier, the wife of McVeigh's close friend Michael Fortier. Mrs. Fortier said that during the conversation, which took place in October 1994 in the Fortier's Arizona mobile home, McVeigh drew a diagram, using soup cans to illustrate how he planned to bundle the bomb in a shaped triangular charge for maximum damage. "He said that he and Terry (Nichols) would do it together, that Terry would mix the bomb," she said, adding that the two were out for revenge against the government for its role in Waco. From the trial, Patrick Cole reports that McVeigh stared intently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ?He Said It Was An Easy Target? | 4/29/1997 | See Source »

...where his followers died. An illustration of an extraterrestrial stood nearby. The video is somewhat more gruesome than the portions of the sheriff's video shown on television. At least one cult member had blood flowing from the head, perhaps a reaction to the suicide drugs. Rio noted the triangular patch specially made for the group to wear on their all-black outfits. It reads: "Heaven's Gate Away Team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EXCLUSIVE: Cult's Suicide Notes | 3/31/1997 | See Source »

Nearly everyone agreed that the weather was almost perfect, if perhaps a bit too hot. Veteran Commencement-goers, however, said there are always ways to get around the heat. While some folded triangular hats from the many student newspapers handed out before the ceremony, others chose their seats strategically to avoid...

Author: By Andrew A. Green, | Title: Crowd Wowed by Commencement | 6/22/1996 | See Source »

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