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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...anywhere in the district. But with help from its CMDT-sponsored village association, which bought insecticides, oxen and a weighing machine, the families regularly harvest bumper crops. Mali's Producers' Union, a rarity in Africa, negotiates with CMDT to set prices for the farmer, and the village association receives block earnings. Extra profits are pooled, and so far N'Tjinina has bought two water pumps and built three primary schools, paying the three teachers' salaries too. "Before, our children left the village," says N'Tjikoua Sangare. "Now they are staying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa Rising | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

...wanted to be your teddy bear too. Teen idols have always served as erotic learner's permits, from those who went on to transcend the role like Frank Sinatra, James Dean, the Beatles and John Travolta, to more disposable incarnations like David Cassidy and New Kids on the Block. Michael Jackson, having never allowed himself to develop secondary sex characteristics, is like a teen-idol experiment gone horribly, tragically awry. But that is the kind of icky, confusing story that has no place in what publisher Nancy Pines of Archway Books, which brought you Leonardo DiCaprio: A Biography, refers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deconstructing Leo | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

...BLOCK THAT SPAM...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techwatch: Mar. 30, 1998 | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

...only other necessities to keep in mind for spring break in the islands are sun block, plane tickets, extra film and a passport. Some students also warn would-be vacationers to be wary of other possible ways a tropical paradise can become tainted...

Author: By Kelly M. Yamanouchi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Antidote to Midterm Madness: What to Take for an Exciting Spring Break | 3/20/1998 | See Source »

While the other roommates wrestle with numbers,Erica is busy making a decision no one else evenexpects. She's thinking of leaving the block insearch of peace and quiet...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Once Around the Block: A First-Year Fable | 3/20/1998 | See Source »

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