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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...When supplies were airlifted to Kurdish refugees trapped on the mountain border of Iraq two years ago, people were injured and even killed. Eager recipients who rushed to catch the descending pallets were crushed and others wounded as they fought for possession of the aid. By one count, at least 16 people died in such accidents. It is not easy to provide humanitarian aid this way, nor is it always effective...
Bicycle thefts also fell last year, from 318 to 261. The number of bicycles reported stolen was still higher than in 1990's count...
...lovesick opera guy inspires seven (count 'em!) musicals...
...count the plays...
...Pinchpenny Phantom of the Opera. "An affordable musical" by Dave Reiser and Jack Sharkey (authors of Jekyll Hydes Again! and "Not the Count of Monte Cristo?!"), this musical farce is designed for threadbare theater groups with a taste for tastelessness. "Welcome to the opera!" the opening number announces. "Where gals with lung disease/ Can hit high Cs with ease!/ Their doom is sure to please/ The connoisseur...