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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...That must have been hard. The management had, after all, opened the only new opera house in England since the first Glyndebourne theater was built 60 years ago. They had done it within their budget of $50 million. Best of all, they had fulfilled their dream without taking a cent of public money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OPERA: Smiles of A Summer Night | 6/13/1994 | See Source »

...class is evenly split between Democrats and Republicans (39 percent each), with the remaining 11 percent claiming independent status. Twenty-one per cent did term themselves "liberal Democrats," matched by the same proportion calling themselves "middle of the road" Republicans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Poll Shows Well-Off, Happy Class | 6/7/1994 | See Source »

Plus, the New Testament had all of these horrendous stories, like the one about some people who had to work all day for half a cent, while others only had to work for half an hour for half a cent, and the people who worked all day were supposed to be happy. Or, worse yet, there is the one about the younger sibling who runs away with half the money but when he returns, his mum and dad throw him a party and make his older brother share what's left. Now, as an older sibling, I know that...

Author: By Julie-ann R. Francis, | Title: A Religious Misunderstanding | 3/17/1994 | See Source »

When the new program takes effect July 1, students on federal aid will receive a significant financial windfall. As of that date, the maximum interest charged on government loans will drop from eight per- cent to four, according to Hicks...

Author: By Jonathan N. Axelrod, | Title: New Loan Program To Debut At Harvard | 3/8/1994 | See Source »

...lost their homes complain about aid being doled out to illegal aliens. And while President Clinton quickly asked Congress for $6.6 billion in disaster relief, state leaders moved with less alacrity. It took more than a week for state assembly Speaker Willie Brown to propose a one-year half-cent sales-tax increase to raise $1.5 billion for earthquake relief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Visions for a Shattered City | 2/14/1994 | See Source »

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