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Dates: during 1990-1999
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LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR: STORIES OF VALUES AND VIRTUES By Arthur Dobrin (Scholastic) Two zebras from rival herds overcome prejudice by falling in love. A tiny gerbil helps a couple of ostriches harvest a giant beet. Strength of character, rather than muscle, enables the heroes of this cozy collection of children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family: They're All About Family | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

Jim Kesselring is not at liberty to reveal the dungeon from which he procured the Mytheral breastplate. And the identity of the monsters he and his party spent 11 hours slaying in order to win the item is likewise proprietary. But he will talk about the auction that his character...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grab Your Breastplate! | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

Told and repeated so many times, the genesis of Austin Powers has become industry folklore. Traumatized by his father's losing battle against Alzheimer's, which ended with his death in 1991, Myers was in a slump. He had milked his Saturday Night Live skit Wayne's World for two...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Austin's Power | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

The mythic status of Pele derives as well from the way he incarnated the character of Brazil's national team. Its style affirms that virtue without joy is a contradiction in terms. Its players are the most acrobatic, if not always the most proficient. Brazilian teams play with a contagious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PELE: The Phenomenon | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

There was a time when it was impossible for people--straight or gay--even to imagine a Harvey Milk. The funny thing about Milk is that he didn't seem to care that he lived in such a time. After he defied the governing class of San Francisco in 1977...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pioneer HARVEY MILK | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

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