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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Albania, as two rivals struggle for power in the streets, the U.S. hopes its stern words will calm the clashes. But officials fear that if former President Sali Berisha returns to power, he might bring Albania into the Kosovo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Balkan Mess | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

...effort to rescue the fund and ensure the stability of an economic market that would be greatly affected by its collapse and to calm anxious creditors, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York intervened to organize a rescue of LTCM...

Author: By Osborne A. Jackson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Business Professor's Investment Firm Loses $100 Billion | 10/2/1998 | See Source »

...black male 25 years of age, 5'8" and 185 lbs, wearing a black suit jacket, white shirt, black Kangol hat with red stripes walked up to her window at the bank and presented a note to her. The reporting person stated, "Excuse me?" The suspect then stated, "Calm down and just give me the 50s, 100s, and 20s, no dye pack, and I'll be out of here." This is also what the note read. There was no mention of weapon...

Author: By Caitlin E. Anderson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Log of Cambridge Police Activity | 9/30/1998 | See Source »

...with a calm confidence, the Crimson battled through 101 minutes of gut-wrenching soccer before winning 2-1 on an unassisted goal by freshman midfielder Matt Peller, his first of the season...

Author: By W. COUPER Samuelson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Soccer Fells No. 17 B.U. on Overtime Goal | 9/30/1998 | See Source »

...pilot's voice was calm, but his distress call described one of an aviator's worst fears: "We have smoke in the cockpit." Eleven minutes later, his radio fell silent, and six minutes after that, Swissair Flight 111 slammed into the Atlantic Ocean off Nova Scotia, killing all 229 people onboard. While the cause of that Sept. 2 crash has not yet been determined, investigators have discovered indications of a fire in an electronics compartment below the cockpit, and the presence of smoke made the crash seem eerily similar to that of ValuJet Flight 592 in the Florida Everglades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aircraft Safety: Blowing Smoke? | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

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