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...into exile before U.S. troops will play any role. But Taylor insists he will not leave until peacekeepers arrive, and many Africans believe that only the U.S. can restore some semblance of order. The last time Nigerian peacekeepers did a tour of duty in Liberia, in the mid-'90s, they were notorious for their looting and pillaging...
...country like the Netherlands exports more than half its production, Germany exports just over 11%. That leaves German brewers not only too small to dominate the global game, but too short on cash to even get in the game. Beer is so cheap in Germany that a mid-'90s law designed to cut down on drunkenness forced pubs to price at least one nonalcoholic drink cheaper than beer. And German consumers watch their wallets: when Beck's (550 million liters) raised prices in 2000, its sales fell 20%. Last year, brands like Warsteiner (570 million liters) and Radeberger (880 million...
...fiber is fast enough to deliver movies without any hiccups, and to send songs in seconds rather than minutes. Scaglia and his company, e.Biscom, are funneling feature films and sitcoms--plus conventional Web and phone services--to PCs and TVs in six major Italian cities. Born during the late-'90s Internet boom, e.Biscom is on a steady growth path in a cooled-down economy. "The idea is to create a network with no bandwidth limitation," says Scaglia...
Department chair Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr.—who spent the 90s building up the department with support from former University President Neil L. Rudenstine—said that time and effort has healed the department’s wounds...
...that the keys aren't really keys at all but a flat surface that responds to the slightest touch. Because there are no real keys, it takes less effort to type. The surface doubles as a mouse touchpad--but one that makes the current technology look oh so '90s. To double-click, for example, you simply place your three middle fingertips anywhere on the keypad and tap lightly once. To open a file, you place your first four fingertips on the keypad (leaving your pinkie in the air), then rotate your hand to the left. To close the file...