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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...there is to be an attempt at a landing and a rescue. On Tuesday, two giant Hercules cargo planes were due to arrive on the Antarctic coast, biding time until the temperatures climb to at least -50 F for the journey to the interior. In those (relatively) balmy conditions, the planes will be able to make their 1,600-mile round trip to the research station. The pilots will have little time for pleasantries; the craft are expected to land for no more than 30 minutes, during which they?ll pick up Nielsen and drop off her replacement. After...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scott and Amundsen — Meet Dr. Nielsen | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...Which is not to say that all these cartoons are inane and depend on slap-stick comedy or just good old plain perversion to draw (sometimes uncomfortable) chuckles. Some of these cartoons attempt to make legitimate social commentary! The Beckers, for example, a parody of the '50s ideal of the suburban family, addresses the important and apparently relevant issue of teenage cannibalism. My other favorite, No Neck Joe, is not quite so high-brow. The title is pretty self-explanatory. The main character is a little human with no neck and the whole of the plot rests of the fact...

Author: By Dunia Dickey and Jennifer Paniza, S | Title: Cinemanic: More Sick, More Twisted | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

...head teaching fellow for "Justice," Joel Johnson, and Ruthmore Professor of Biological Anthropology Irven DeVore--one of the instructors for "Sex"--both said the sections in their classes attempt to accomodate for the difficulty of communicating detailed ideas to such large groups...

Author: By Benjamin D. Mathis-lilley, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Perennial Favorites, Favorites Once Again | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

...done so for the most part without much of a fight. "Chechen forces were biding their time," says TIME Moscow bureau chief Paul Quinn-Judge. The Chechens, whose president, Aslan Mashkadov, called Wednesday for a "holy war" to repel the Russian invaders, are likely to meet any Russian attempt to cross the Terek River in the mountainous south of Chechnya with fierce resistance. Meanwhile, Moscow rejected European Union offers to mediate in the crisis, insisting that Chechnya is a domestic matter. A domestic matter with a rapidly rising body count...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Little War Shouldn't Spoil a Good Vacation | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

Three times yesterday, Ventura told audiences that he had "no sympathy" for people who attempt suicide...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ventura Speech Packs Forum | 10/7/1999 | See Source »

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