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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...discouraging to filmmakers: if the public embraces something so shallow and tedious, what future is there for the professionals? But the source of the man's strength is no secret. It is that he speaks plain English with none of the circuitous posturing and preening of public officials, who cannot give you the time of day without saying that time is a topic of great concern to them, as it is to all Americans, and that they have long devoted themselves to finding a solution for the chronic problem of time shortage. Governor Ventura just says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Minnesota: Let Jesse Ventura Be Jesse... | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...damage. Videotapes of another plant accident were tampered with by a plant official. In 1997 managers at another plant in Tokaimura tried to cover up an explosion that left 37 workers contaminated by radiation. The revelation prompted then Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to declare, "I am so angry, I cannot utter a word." But his apoplexy effected little change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Japan Syndrome | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...flap entirely, or replace it in such a way that it develops wrinkles. Imagine trying to see through crinkled Saran Wrap, and you get an idea of what can happen if something goes wrong. In the worst cases, as in Assennata's, the aberrations are so extensive that they cannot be corrected, even with glasses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: R U Ready To Dump Your Glasses? | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...saying that Harvard has fallen prey to an unfruitful nearsightedness. Hast not a nectarine eyes, hands, organs, dimensions-or at least a stem and sweet juicy flesh? Is there a reason that mangos and granny smiths cannot sit together on the same fruit table of brotherhood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dartboard | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

...absence of junior captain Ryan Kelly, who has missed the past four games with a broken hand, Hench and Petruccelli have shown that despite their prodigious talent, they cannot shoulder the burden alone...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Soccer Looks to Snap Cornell's Shutout Streak | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

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