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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plus kids at the Fantasy Ranch dance club won't be making it to church. Instead, amid sweeping lights and the raw thumps of the aptly named song Insomnia, they sing the praises of the most recent drug to hit central Florida: Special K. "It's the bomb," gushes Tom, a sweaty 15-year-old with a struggling goatee. "It will make you like this," he says, rolling his eyes up as if staring at his brain. "It's dreamy. You see the lights, like, bend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IS YOUR KID ON K? | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

...boom? The institute doesn't quite know, but "unpredictable tensions" in the Middle East and east Asia were cited, along with favorable oil prices in the Persian Gulf. But whatever the reason, the future looks bright for the bomb industry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making a Killing | 10/14/1997 | See Source »

DIED. NOBUO FUJITA, 85, the only Japanese pilot to drop a bomb on the U.S. mainland during World War II; in Tsuchiura. In 1942 Fujita embarked on a top-secret mission to create a huge conflagration in southern Oregon by firebombing its forests. Flying a tiny pontoon plane, he failed miserably, sparking only a minor brushfire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Oct. 13, 1997 | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

...Flight 101 exploded over the remote Scottish town of Lockerbie, how close is justice for families of the 270 victims? That question could be answered Monday, as the International Court of Justice weighs in on the issue of where to try the two Libyans suspected of planting a suitcase bomb on board. Colonel Gaddhafi would like his two countrymen tried at the World court in the Hague or in an Arab country, claiming they won't have much of a chance in Washington or London. The Americans and British say this is another delaying tactic. All the families want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lockerbie's Day in Court | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

WASHINGTON: Is the Cassini probe, which heads for Saturn Monday, nothing more than a space-bound H-bomb? Despite the spaceship being laden with 72 pounds of highly toxic plutonium, the chances of a nuclear nightmare are actually quite remote. TIME science correspondent Jeffery Kluger reports that "Cassini's opponents have shown an extreme excess of caution. Dozens of spacecraft have flown with nuclear power sources, and so far, there have been no accidents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cassini: An Accident Waiting to Happen? | 10/10/1997 | See Source »

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