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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams to pop round the Prime Minister's residence Thursday for a cup of tea. Talk about historic ? it's the first time since the partition of Ireland 76 years ago that any member of that party has been near Downing Street. Without a mortar bomb in hand, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Adams Goes to Downing Street | 12/11/1997 | See Source »

...Harvard will waste no time in getting another ECAC contest under its belt before Christmas break as it faces BrownCrimsonMatthew R. CordellLONG BOMB: Freshman GRAHMAN MORRELL and his teammates launched 43 shots Saturday afternoon against St. Lawrence. Saints' goaltender ERIC HEFFLER gave up three goals in the Crimson's 3-1 victory...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Rebound Over St. Lawrence | 12/8/1997 | See Source »

WASHINGTON: It's official: The United States can no longer win a nuclear war. At least, not a protracted one. From the late 1940s until yesterday, the Pentagon was technically allowed to bomb the blazes out of any foreign power, take their nukes on the chin, and sit tight in anticipation of victory ? whatever that would mean. But no longer. With a stroke of the pen, President Clinton has eradicated the option of a prolonged thermonuclear exchange from military guidelines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton Nixes Nuke Option | 12/8/1997 | See Source »

...destroy, to prevent Iraq from rebuilding nuclear, chemical and biological weapons." But that is what Saddam agreed to after his defeat in 1991, so no one can assume he means it this time. The U.S. does have the muscle in place in the gulf to hit Saddam with bombs and missiles if he does not comply with U.N. orders. Washington says it will wait and see. But is Clinton ready to bomb Saddam and his people in the face of opposition from Russia, France and the Arab world, including Kuwait? And since biological weapons can be hidden anywhere, no amount...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERM WARFARE | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

...start Soldier of Fortune magazine. The Boulder, Colo., publisher's "Action Library" runs heavily to books on armed combat and bombmaking. Among its classic titles: Homemade C-4: A Recipe for Survival, a book whose discussion of ammonium nitrate Timothy McVeigh allegedly used to assemble the Oklahoma City bomb. Paladin also sells instructional videos like Winning a Street Knife Fight: Realistic Offensive Techniques and the fast-selling Advanced Ultimate Sniper. Lund makes no apologies for the information he disseminates. "As a human, I feel very sorry for anyone who's put through any physical suffering," he told the Wall Street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MURDER BY THE BOOK | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

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