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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...profitable," Booth says. "Now they're going after the high-end traveler, the baby boomers. This is a market that's never been tapped. They're importing the best shopping, the best hotels and the best chefs." For those still pining for nickel slots and a cheap place to crash, Booth offers this advice: "Say goodbye to little rooms and all-you-can-eat buffets. Vegas is going upscale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Contributors: Oct. 26, 1998 | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...some gliding as if guided by an ethereal rhythm, others sputtering along like a beat-up old jalopy. If you're lucky, you catch a glimpse of the eight herculean men who comprise the United States National Team's fastest crew; at worst, you get to witness a spectacular crash...

Author: By Sujit Raman, | Title: Learning Life's Lessons on the Charles | 10/20/1998 | See Source »

...prolific author, Galbraith has written numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, including what many consider to be the definitive study of the 1929 economic crash...

Author: By Joseph P. Chase, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Galbraith Celebrates 90th Birthday | 10/16/1998 | See Source »

WASHINGTON: Children's pajamas are flame-retardant ?- maybe airplanes should be too. That?s the brilliant conclusion the FAA has finally come to in the wake of the crash of Swissair flight 111. The agency, expecting new tests to show that the insulation in the bodies of almost all of the world's 12,000 passenger jets may catch fire when exposed to heat, officially recommended that the planes be retrofitted with new flame-retardant insulation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fire in the Sky | 10/15/1998 | See Source »

...becoming the greatest American pianist of the century when time ran out on William Kapell. Before he died in a 1953 plane crash at 31, he had everything: looks, charisma, unrivaled musicality, technique to burn. Now his complete recordings--concertos by Beethoven, Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff, solos by Chopin, Debussy and Liszt, duet performances with Jascha Heifetz and William Primrose--have been reissued as a nine-disk boxed set, allowing a new generation to be dazzled by his recreative genius. Best of all is a live broadcast of the Copland piano sonata that seethes with passion and force. Hear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The William Kapell Edition | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

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