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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sending everyone home for the holidays, this small triumph may not do much to ease the minds of Republicans, who are suddenly worried they've given too much ground. Indeed, despite Wednesday's White House concession, there is a hint of last-minute sellers' remorse hovering in the Washington air. And while it's been a relatively bile-free bargaining process, the annual money talks were hardly a love-fest: Since October 1, the official beginning of fiscal year 2000, Congress has approved six short-term spending bills - quick fixes to keep the government up and running without a budget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting the 'Budge' Back in 'Budget' | 11/17/1999 | See Source »

Leaping in the air, Lenicheck struck the ball while moving towards the end line and found the back of the net from a very tough angle...

Author: By Peter D. Henninger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Athlete of the Week: Nick Lenicheck | 11/16/1999 | See Source »

...deployment is weak, at least for now. When a reverser is accidentally deployed, "one side of the plane is going forward, the other side is going backward," explains Boeing spokeswoman Lori Gunter. The plane would likely have exhibited the kind of jerky push-pull motion that characterized the Lauda Air jet's descent in 1991. The radar indicates, however, that Flight 990 nosedived in a straight line in its original descent. And if the pilots faced such a problem, they should have had time to send out a distress signal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Out of Thin Air | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...broken no laws and done no harm to consumers. The judge failed to appreciate the dynamic nature of the software business, which makes any dominant position inherently short-lived. The only lapse in Microsoft's genetic self-assurance was a video press release the company rushed on the air immediately after the ruling came down. "We hope we can find a way," Gates declared, "to resolve this and put it behind us." For a moment, he seemed to be waving the white flag of settlement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Microsoft Enjoys Monopoly Power... | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...ever aware of it, but one nostril is always pulling in a tiny bit more air than the other, the result of minute swelling in the nasal lining that switches from one side to the other every few hours. The phenomenon has seemed to be little more than an anatomical curiosity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nose Knows Left From Right | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

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