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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Weld showed that backbone on the national scenewhen he resigned his governorship last summer tocommit himself to a fight for the Mexicanambassadorship, his second attempt to find a newjob since he won the 1994 election...

Author: By Barbara E. Martinez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Style Still Lives | 6/3/1998 | See Source »

...attempt to appear more dynamic and hip, magazines have increasingly emphasized the visual element. One such example is Slate, an interactive Web-based magazine that was started two years ago by a former TNR editor, Michael E. Kinsley '72, also a former Crimson editor...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A NEW REPUB-LOOK | 6/2/1998 | See Source »

...April 25, 1971, 250,000 demonstrators marched on the Capitol to protest U.S. military involvement in Southeast Asia. In what are known as the May Day protests, demonstrators attempt to use civil disobedience to shut down the Washington...

Author: By David S. Stolzar, | Title: Class Of 1973 TIME LINE | 6/2/1998 | See Source »

Before he could arrange for a meeting with her through the president, her captors moved her prison to Switzerland, a move Galbraith attributes to an attempt to dodge him. Soon, however, Bhutto was free...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Diplomat Galbraith Makes Peace His Career | 6/2/1998 | See Source »

...Having gone through it, I can't say if it was worse to be abducted or to be found. I can say the abduction indelibly marked me. I beg parents who contemplate kidnapping their children to reconsider. Abducting a child often isn't about the kid. It's an attempt by the kidnapping parent to stick it to the spouse. NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 1, 1998 | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

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