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EAST MORICHES, N.Y.: The voice recorder tapes from the doomed TWA Flight 800 cut off 12 minutes into the trip with an unusual noise lasting a mere fraction of a second, but authorities hope that sound will explain what caused the plane to explode into a fiery ball last week. James Kallstrom, assistant FBI director, told reporters Thursday that "we know there was a catastrophic explosion; it was caused by some kind of a bomb, obviously. We're not further describing how that would be, whether it was carried on whether something hit the plane from outside and caused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disappointing Data | 7/25/1996 | See Source »

...guitar? If you've seen Tom Cruise hurled from an exploding helicopter onto a moving train, is it really that thrilling to see a bassist jump from the top of a three-foot amp? If you've just seen a twister tear apart a town, doesn't a mere mosh pit lose some of its anarchic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: WHERE THE MOSHERS ARE | 7/22/1996 | See Source »

...swooning crowd swells to more than 40,000, all straining to catch a glimpse--maybe a word, even an autograph!--of one of the celebrities scheduled to appear. A country-music concert at the fabled Ryman Auditorium? Hardly. They are far too cool in Nashville to get excited about mere music legends. No, this is the opening of a restaurant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUNGRY FOR THEME DINING | 7/22/1996 | See Source »

...amusement park, diner, souvenir stand and museum, have become the fastest-growing segment of the restaurant industry, turning up the heat on fast feeders such as McDonald's and the segment known as casual dining, which includes such now ho-hum fern joints as Bennigan's that serve mere food and drink in a relaxed setting. This heady expansion leads to projections that eatertainment will be a $5 billion baby by the turn of the century--assuming the theme dreamers continue to titillate a fickle been-there, done-that public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUNGRY FOR THEME DINING | 7/22/1996 | See Source »

...even chew the fat. The mere taste of FATTY FOOD--even if it isn't swallowed--promotes a surge in the concentration of fat in the blood. One explanation: receptors in the mouth may detect the chemical properties of food and cause the body to react...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jul. 22, 1996 | 7/22/1996 | See Source »

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