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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...father was physically brutal to his mother IOLANDA (above, with Quinn in 1989), the actor, 82, settled his long divorce wrangle. He reportedly handed over half his $15 million fortune but salved his wounds by announcing that he plans to marry Kathy Benvin, 35, the mother of his 12th and 13th children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 1, 1997 | 9/1/1997 | See Source »

...same authority could extend to portraits of historical figures--Khmer kings. Portrait is a relative term here. There is no knowing whether the last great Angkor king, Jayavarman VII, actually looked like the stone effigy made of him in the late 12th century, and it is most unlikely that he ever sat for its sculptor. (No social prestige attached to being a Khmer sculptor, and not a single artist's name in all the 1,000 years of Cambodian art has been recorded.) Which hardly matters, since the subject of this dense, exquisitely carved image is less a man than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ART: ANCIENT, FROZEN SMILES | 8/18/1997 | See Source »

...Cambodian proverb says: If you are strong, make yourself feared; if you are weak, make yourself pitied. Cambodians are deeply insecure, aware that the proud temple-building empire of Angkor, which covered much of Southeast Asia in the 12th century, has shrunk to the small area of today's Cambodia. This insecurity has prompted much irrational aggression. In 1978 Pol Pot launched attacks on Vietnam, bragging that one Cambodian soldier could kill eight Vietnamese. It is a behavior pattern that is deeply rooted in the national psyche: to hold power one must show the utmost ferocity and single-mindedness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE DARKNESS OF CAMBODIA | 8/11/1997 | See Source »

...Lake Woebegon, America's fourth-graders are above average. Unfortunately, it may be all downhill from there, and that suggests that something is wrong with American schools. In the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, American fourth-graders ranked third in science (behind Korea and Japan) and 12th out of the 26 countries in math. In another study last year, U.S. eighth graders finished 17th in math and a woebegone 28th in science. The fact that younger students compare more favorably than older ones suggests that American schools may be slowing them down. Education Secretary Richard Riley says that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton to Schools: Shape Up! | 6/10/1997 | See Source »

...Together, along with jockey Gary Stevens and owners Bob and Beverly Lewis, they have won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, the first two jewels of the Triple Crown. This Saturday they will try to win the third, the Belmont, and if they do, Silver Charm will become the 12th horse, and the first gray, to win the Triple Crown--a feat last accomplished by Affirmed in 1978. "It hasn't sunk in yet," Baffert said the other day on the backstretch at Churchill Downs, where Silver Charm was relaxing before his 1 1/2-mile race with destiny. "Me, Bobby Baffert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HI HO SILVER CHARM | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

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