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If the Romans had a god of central banking, he might look like Hans Tietmeyer. Tall, square-jawed, with white hair that often looks a bit windblown, and above all stern, the president of Germany's fiercely independent Bundesbank always seems ready to hurl down a thunderbolt against any sign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HANS TIETMEYER, PRESIDENT, BUNDESBANK; FRANKFURT | 3/3/1997 | See Source »

While traveling across the continent, she came upon a warning for Chagas in a guidebook. A doctor whom she knew told her about the disease, and he mentioned relief efforts were in desperate need of help.

Author: By Aaron R. Cohen, | Title: Tackling a South American Disease | 2/25/1997 | See Source »

Appropriately enough, the first book Gutenberg printed was the Bible. His simple press passed sheets of paper under specialized plates that could be changed in minutes instead of weeks, revolutionizing intellectual commerce. Ideas that once could be communicated only in person, or at large universities in cities such as London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FINDING GOD ON THE WEB | 12/16/1996 | See Source »

But a little more than a week ago, the grand promenade to Mars turned into a near Earth lob shot, when a booster malfunction sent the spacecraft plummeting back to Earth shortly after its launch. For a time it looked as if the craft was going to hit Australia, endangering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LAST COUNTDOWN? | 12/2/1996 | See Source »

In your article "Were Trade Missions for Sale?" [NATION, Nov. 11], you stated that I suggested that I be added to a mission headed for South Africa in 1993 because I had contributed $2,000 to the election campaigns of President Clinton and South African President Nelson Mandela. I have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 2, 1996 | 12/2/1996 | See Source »

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