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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Meanwhile, it's a case of cake-and-dagger tomorrow, as the CIA turns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tomorrow's News Now: The GOP Reaches Out | 9/15/1997 | See Source »

...Sgubin, whose book will also be coming out next year. One celeb with a full menu is Sarah Ferguson, whose cookbook will reach stores in January. But don't bother salivating over such dishes as Pear-Port Quickbread, Roast Chicken and Chutney Tea Sandwiches and the Little Princess Birthday Cake. The trim Weight Watchers spokeswoman has renounced her claim to the title Duchess of Pork. The meals are all resolutely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 25, 1997 | 8/25/1997 | See Source »

...while the men must be on their best behavior, the school is warning the ladies not to expect a cake walk. Banned are lipstick, jewelry and ? sorry guys ? dating upperclassmen. The women must also live in the same barren dorm rooms and sport the same stuffy drill uniforms as men. Despite the rigid conditions, VMI wasn't beyond a little generosity. As the women arrived on campus today, each received a stylish buzz cut on the house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MONDAY: Military Stronghold Falls to Women | 8/18/1997 | See Source »

...first part was a cinch: take the M60 from Ground Transportation to Manhattan. A short ride later, and there I was, on 125th Street and Lexington. Getting to 3rd Ave. and 45th Street from East Harlem? Piece of cake. Just transfer to a downtown bus, and look, there one is coming down Lexington now. OK, so the people on the bus gave me funny looks as I tucked my laptop between my feet and opened my complimentary Shuttle edition of the latest American Prospect: A Journal of the Liberal Imagination, but whatever; this is my public transportation...

Author: By Garance Franke-ruta, | Title: Out of Sight, Out of Mind | 8/8/1997 | See Source »

...have noted above, the conclusion is a necessary final complement to the perfect essay. It is the icing on a seven layer cake. Previously, the author had made his or her case by carefully adding layer upon layer, certain to keep each stable enough for the others to stand upon. Each layer had been applied in a coherent order beginning with the thesis. If the thesis had been "sponge," the subsequent layers would have been "cream," "sponge," "cream," "sponge," "cream" and then "sponge." And the conclusion to such an essay--if it were to be a perfect essay...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: The Perfect Essay | 7/25/1997 | See Source »

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