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...enchanted spot of earth that has never seen the sun or felt the morning dew. Carved out of solid rock nearly 1 million years ago, this bewitching chamber lies 300 m (1,000 ft.) below the floor of the New Mexican desert at the lowest point in Carlsbad Cavern...

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

...mother a midwife. As a child, McCartney was a Boy Scout and a bird watcher. His first real instrument was a Zenith six-string, which he played left-handed. In 1960 he was just one of four unknown teenagers performing in the squalor of Liverpool's underground Cavern club. By 1965 the Beatles had stormed America, met the Queen and been hailed as pop prophets. By 1971 -- before any of the four hit 30 -- it was all over, ruined by a bitter business fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paul At Fifty: PAUL MCCARTNEY | 6/8/1992 | See Source »

Directing a film about Jim Morrison and the Doors, he applied fake Indian pictographs to a cavern in the Mojave Desert. They were supposed to be easily erasable. They weren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Where's-the-Windex Award | 5/14/1990 | See Source »

...their allure), Aaron took the alias of Diefendorfer in an attempt to throw off his pursuers. He registered that way in out-of-the-way havens and avoided the company of his Atlanta Braves teammates. But a small boy with a ball-point pen still found him in a cavern of the stadium. "Are you a Brave?" the boy asked. Aaron was charmed. "Sure am, son," he replied with a great laugh. "May I have your autograph?" "Of course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Assembly Line of Dreams | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

Your hands begin to sweat as you look around Quincy's transformed JCR--or cavern, rather. The stage is configured into the shape of a capital letter I. There are two boxes at each end of the I, chairs along the length of the room, and black drapes everywhere...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: Diary of a Mad Housewife | 12/9/1988 | See Source »

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