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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Happily, although the Getty complex will contain as much floor space as a skyscraper, Meier has scattered its nearly 1 million sq. ft. among six sharply distinct buildings, none taller than five stories. The largest is the museum, which is, in turn, broken up into five pavilions set around a 1 1/2-acre garden courtyard, interconnected by walkways, some open air. The arrangement means that a visitor's tour will be punctuated by blasts of California blue sky and sunlight: Rembrandt and Ruisdael landscapes interspersed with real- life Pacific vistas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Grand New Getty | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

...disassembly comes not in handling the uranium and highly toxic plutonium, which are shielded in metal, but in dealing with the conventional explosives needed to trigger a nuclear chain reaction. Disassembly therefore takes place in underground bunkers known as "Gravel Gerties," whose roofs are mounded with gravel to contain any accidental blasts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disposing of The Nuclear Age | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

Makes remarks to her that contain sexual references or double meanings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Office Crimes | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

Defensive difficulties have played a hand in the Crimson's last three losses. The secondary needs to contain Cornell's passing game and avoid its now typical collapse in the final minutes of the contest...

Author: By Liz Resnick and Jay K. Varma, S | Title: Gridders Face Big Red Today | 10/19/1991 | See Source »

Elizabeth Arden boasts that its Ceramide Time Complex Capsules contain various ingredients, including retinyl palmitate, and vitamins E and F, that together "fix, replenish or repair the barrier function of the skin." Shisheido touts Bio-Performance as a "super-revitalizer" that awakens the "skin's youthful balance." Avon is pushing three different antiaging treatments: BioAdvance (with vitamin A), Collagen Booster (vitamin C) and a new product to be introduced next year, Aneu (alpha-hydroxy acids). As for cellulite nostrums, Arden promotes its gel and moisturizer by citing clinical tests "from a renowned university in France." Lancome says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fountain Of Youth in a Jar | 10/14/1991 | See Source »

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