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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...TIME religion correspondent Richard Ostling reports that in recent months Castro has indeed allowed a number of open-air Catholic processions, and has ordered communist-controlled radio and TV to broadcast the Papal events. But Fidel's concessions to the Vatican are more like international PR than any newfound responsiveness to the clamoring of religious Cubans. On Jan. 25, the Pope will depart; government-stamped religion will likely leave with him. "Next Dec. 25," says Ostling, "it's back to the fields for the sugar harvest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adios Navidad | 12/26/1997 | See Source »

...energy it takes to burn a light bulb--will help make the treaty seem more consumer friendly. Its success in the end will depend on expanding America's environmental constituency: Will the soccer moms give up their sport-utility vehicles for a future of fresh air...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT: A TREATY MEETS A SOUR CONGRESS | 12/22/1997 | See Source »

...understand the possible fate of a treaty that would govern the air, it helps to consider what happened to the treaty that would govern the oceans. That earlier pact is known as the Law of the Sea Treaty, but as far as the U.S. Senate is concerned, its fate and its initials are the same: LOST. Although more than 100 other nations have ratified it since 1982, the Law of the Sea Treaty languishes before the Foreign Relations Committee, along with almost 80 other international pacts covering everything from a nuclear-test ban to a boundary agreement between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT: A TREATY MEETS A SOUR CONGRESS | 12/22/1997 | See Source »

...just spoken at a $1,000-a-plate fund raiser. It seems Adams managed to get herself and the First Lady booted from the stuffy club by gabbing on a cellular phone, rustling her bags and getting Hillary to spray Adams' incredibly unpleasant perfume, Gossip, in the air. The First Lady's spokeswoman tried to downplay the incident. Good luck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 22, 1997 | 12/22/1997 | See Source »

...suppose it's much more glamorous to interview the flight crews on a carrier [WORLD, Nov. 24], but the real story lies with the airmen and ground crews who spend a good portion of their service in remote desert locations. CAPTAIN ANDREW KRAWCIW 75th Fighter Squadron Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 22, 1997 | 12/22/1997 | See Source »

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