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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...SEPTEMBER 10, Patricia Jones, 63, of Washington D.C. complained to her children of chest pains and shortness of breath. One of her daughters brought her to D.C. General Emergency Room, where she was asked to sit in the waiting area. Three hours later, she collapsed in front of the receptionist's desk with a blood clot in her lung, less than 50 feet from advanced resuscitation equipment. After 30 minutes of intensive treatment, physicians declared her dead...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Who Killed Mrs. Jones? | 9/27/1990 | See Source »

...chill. Its ad linage during the first half of the year was off 13% compared with the same period in 1989. But while nobody doubts that the Times will continue, optimism about the tabloids is hard to find. The Post, a mix of catty gossip columns, conservative editorials and chest-thumping sports reporting, hasn't earned a penny in nearly two decades. Press lord Rupert Murdoch lost $150 million during the 12 years he owned the paper. He was threatening to close it down in 1988, when Kalikow, wealthy and eager to join the glamorous world of publishing, bought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Front Page vs. Bottom Line | 9/24/1990 | See Source »

Part of the mayor's problem is style. Unlike the prickly Koch, Dinkins rarely raises his voice and disdains the finger-in-your-chest aggressiveness that has characterized New York politicians since the days of Tammany Hall. He is far more comfortable in quiet back-room negotiations than in public confrontations with unhappy constituents. His finest hour may have been the lavish hero's welcome the city provided in June for South African leader Nelson Mandela, for whom New York's warring ethnic groups seemed to put aside their differences during a three-day celebration of racial harmony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Decline Of New York | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

...August 6, Baxter took the mound against the Niagara Falls Rapids and looked in at his catcher, Dan Hargis, for a sign. Hargis rubbed his chest. Hargis tugged at his equipment. Hargis crossed himself. Hargis did not, however, flash him one of the signs they had arranged before the game...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: The New Ins And Outs of Harvard Sports | 9/14/1990 | See Source »

...August 6, Baxter took the mound against the Niagara Falls Rapids and looked in at his catcher, Dan Hargis, for a sign. Hargis rubbed his chest. Hargis tugged at his equipment. Hargis crossed himself. Hargis did not, however, flash him one of the signs they had arranged before the game...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: The New Ins And Outs of Harvard Sports | 9/12/1990 | See Source »

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