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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Burg used most of his time to focus on the political-diplomatic background of the Kosovo crisis...

Author: By Katrina ALICIA Garcia, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Panelists Criticize NATO Actions in Kosovo | 4/9/1999 | See Source »

...councilor Katherine Triantafiloualleged that background political deals had kepther from being mayor--and put Duehay in the hotseat...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Duehay to End 36-Year Political Career | 4/8/1999 | See Source »

...background. When we were first-years, my entryway occasionally watched >=Jeopardy=Of the three aB s,=the one who left town when rejected as Philharmonic conductor of his native Hamburg.=Bach, Who is Bach?=Brahms, maybe.=Oh no, I m sorry, we were looking for Johannes Brahms on that one. Player 2 choose again.=Oh yeah, I knew that, because....=Celebrate the Charles River Festival=Jeopardy=Just tell everyone you missed it by one question,=Tough day?=They called me,=they=aJeopardy called me. They want me to fly out later this month, and I don t know...

Author: By Franklin Leonard, | Title: Smarter Than You: How My Roommate Went on Jeopardy and Brought Home the Dough | 4/8/1999 | See Source »

There are no easy answers to such objections. But for most of us, they will remain in the background so long as--during its journey from sacrament to science experiment to possible nostrum--forgiveness becomes neither a foregone conclusion nor an obligation, but remains a mystery within the heart of the forgiver. Only then will people like Mitchell Wright feel free to continue their struggles. Wright knows that far from being the recourse of wimps, forgiveness is the hardest course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should All Be Forgiven? | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

...real name is Marshall Mathers) has his own burdens to carry. As the first rapper on superproducer Dr. Dre's Aftermath Records, Eminem's success is vital to the future of the label. And as a white rapper, with the discredited image of Vanilla Ice still looming in the background, he very much needs to score points in the credibility column. So forging beyond the familiar drive-bys of gangsta realism, Eminem mixes comedy and mayhem into jarring scenarios that are made-to-order for jaded young record buyers. There's one catch: next time around fans will expect something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Raps, in Blue | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

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