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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Real people. Like the people of Cognac, where signs in five languages welcome visitors to "the City at the Heart of the World." It is no idle boast. Cognac (pop. 20,000) exports 95% of its brandy, $2 billion worth a year, west to musty men's clubs of Manhattan, and east to Japan, where businessmen buy it packaged in Baccarat crystal at $1,000 a bottle. The French drink less and less cognac. "We've been switching to whiskey ever since the Americans liberated us in '44," says Jean-Luc Lebuy, a Remy Martin executive. He voted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Hands Of The People | 10/5/1992 | See Source »

...Lions offense must contend with the Crimson's defense, which doesn't boast many returnees but has experience. Columbia returns three starters on offense--two at wide receiver, hardly a franchise position...

Author: By John B. Trainer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IT'S SHOWTIME! | 9/18/1992 | See Source »

...Lions do boast a strong defense--Tellier calls it "the best in years"--which will match up well against the Crimson's weakness on the offensive line...

Author: By John B. Trainer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IT'S SHOWTIME! | 9/18/1992 | See Source »

...presence of Sen. Al Gore '69 on the ticketalso places the environment at the forefront.Democrats boast of his unchallenged leadership onthe issue. Michael, like Bush's top strategists,characterized the Democrats' environmental viewsas left-wing extremism...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POLITICAL FRENZY '92 | 9/18/1992 | See Source »

Fields like this lie in Forks, a small Washington logging town outside of Olympic National Park that is the westernmost incorporated city in the contiguous U.S. People in Forks boast that they reside in the timber capital of the world and any visitor can get the message loud and clear without even talking to the locals...

Author: By Allan S. Galper, | Title: The Killing Fields | 9/18/1992 | See Source »

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