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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Kennedy supported ideas of multiracial community, pluralism and affection based upon experience, rather than genetics.

Author: By Ashley F. Waters, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dueling Professors Weigh Black Identity | 9/30/1997 | See Source »

When the news of the storming of the Bastille reached Versailles, the hapless Louis XVI expressed the hope that this was a mere revolt. "No, sir," replied the Duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, "it's a great revolution." For the sake of the House of Windsor, we must trust that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MEN WHO WOULD BE KING | 9/15/1997 | See Source »

But she touched us--that's the thing. As the Friar went on to remark, "So light a foot will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint." She was so lovely to look at. She appeared to be so shy. Like all our children, she seemed to float above the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NAUGHTY GIRL NEXT DOOR | 9/15/1997 | See Source »

Finishing first is getting to be a habit for Pulitzer prizewinner and Grammy glutton WYNTON MARSALIS. Now he's going for the bronze. The town fathers of Marciac, France, have just unveiled a life-size likeness of the trumpeter. Every year Marsalis and jazzophiles the world over converge on this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 25, 1997 | 8/25/1997 | See Source »

If the language sounds archaic, it matches the spirit of the law; such suits date back at least to 18th century common law, when wives were viewed as property, and stealing a wife was akin to cattle rustling. In this century, as women gained greater legal and financial independence, most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AN ANTIQUE LAW SENDS TREMORS THROUGH MANY A HEART | 8/18/1997 | See Source »

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