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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Thus life hobbles on in a still bleeding, often broken country in which every moral certainty was exiled long ago, and a visitor finds himself lost in a lightless labyrinth of sorts, in which every path leads to a cul-de-sac. On paper at least, this is a time of hope for ill-starred Cambodia. Last year Pol Pot finally died in his jungle hideout, and just before the new year, two of the last three Khmer Rouge leaders, Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea, turned themselves in for a while to the government of Hun Sen. The last Khmer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cambodia: Into The Shadows | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

Since the talent market launched a month ago, some 35,000 customers, from programmers to Elvis impersonators, have filled out their profiles, eagerly awaiting an offer they can't refuse. Unlike traditional auctions, though, bids aren't binding--there is more to picking a new boss than simply finding the right salary. So once the auction period ends--anywhere from one to five days--an accepted bid sets the stage to close the deal. "It gives you a starting point," says David Braverman, of Woodmere, New York, who runs a marketing agency and, after a week on the site...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We're for Hire, Just Click | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

...site, he found a seven-foot-tall stone monument that had been built by Mayans over a thousand years ago. But the statue's elaborate pectoral ornament was missing...

Author: By Maria S. Shim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Archaeologist Graham Identifies Stolen Mayan Artifact | 8/13/1999 | See Source »

While corporate law firms have long conducted aggressive recruiting efforts, the Wasserstein fellows program was created nine years ago to give the same informational resources to students interested in public interest careers...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, | Title: Law School Awards Ten Attorneys 1999 Wasserstein Fellowships | 8/13/1999 | See Source »

Work on the Conant Hall project stopped two weeks ago after Everett Decorator's workers went on strike, claiming that five of the company's employees had been fired for leading a unionization effort...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yard Workers' Strike Resolved | 8/13/1999 | See Source »

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