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...that killed him became evidence at the murder trial) and of the subsequent "people power" rallies that swept his widow Cory to power. Burton had not been in China long when a similar street demonstration occurred -- with tragically different results -- at Tiananmen Square. But in quieter moments, Beijing's blanket of smog awakened in Burton a fascination with the contradictory imperatives of China's huge energy needs and its desire to meet them "without rendering its cities unfit for life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Our Readers: Dec. 19, 1994 | 12/19/1994 | See Source »

...That offended me--that he would make a blanket statement like that," Gilchrist says...

Author: By Janet C. Chang, | Title: Like Race, Regionalism Can Be Cause for Bias | 11/28/1994 | See Source »

...have always said it would be desirable for more junior faculty to be appointed [to tenured positions] but given the process you cannot make a blanket guarantee," he told The Crimson...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Outstanding Junior Faculty Merit Tenure | 11/16/1994 | See Source »

...current economic cycle, limiting the impact of roller-coaster economic growth. (See MONEYWATCH at end of Time Daily for the cuts' impact on consumers and financial markets.)The move exceeded most Fed-watchers' predictions and will raise the cost of borrowing for millions of Americans, throwing a wet blanket on newly-empowered Republicans' plans to cut taxes and also send other conservative economic programs into orbit. Clinton administration officials, who have refrained from criticizing the earlier Fed efforts to put the brakes on economic recovery to prevent inflation, merely emphasized the Fed's policy-making freedom. But congressional Democrats howled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE FED . . . THE OTHER SHOE DROPS | 11/15/1994 | See Source »

Smith was placed under a suicide watch at the Women's Correctional Center near Columbia, allowed only her glasses, Bible, blanket and pillow. A camera watches her 24 hours a day, and guards regularly pass by her 6-ft. by 18-ft. cell. Down by the lake, the first crosses appeared, and flowers, an improvised memorial for the boys everyone wanted so desperately to find, anyplace else but there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death and Deceit | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

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