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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...four lonely Bulls, Ron Harper, Toni Kukoc, Keith Booth and Randy Brown, are facing a surreal adjustment to playing for a team unlikely to make the playoffs. The Bulls have suddenly become the NBA equivalent of the Florida Marlins: world champions who the following season have a second-rate crew that finish last. Steven Julius, the Bulls psychologist, says the four remaining Bulls will cope with their new status by continuing to think of themselves as defending champions. "Ron Harper can step up under adversity and even other pain," he says. "Toni Kukoc is a tough guy. He grew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Basketball: Splitting Bulls | 1/25/1999 | See Source »

UNSCOM's spying activities began in earnest in 1992, when the U.N. sent out a call for help from member states in tracking Saddam's chemical- and biological-weapons activities. In response, the U.S. Air Force lent the U.N. a U-2 spy plane and crew and provided highly detailed photos from its KH-12 spy satellites orbiting above Iraq. According to UNSCOM head Richard Butler, the U.S. was not alone: 40 or more other nations contributed. Many have sent intelligence and weaponry experts to serve on the inspection teams. France, Britain and Russia did so--with Russia even sending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bugging Saddam | 1/18/1999 | See Source »

Meanwhile, at the Davis Square Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) office, a crew of several clerks greets clients warmly and directs them to one of three waiting areas inside the office, where they will meet with one of the office's 57 caseworkers...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: After Welfare | 1/13/1999 | See Source »

Thanks God for J. Crew catalogues. After a hard days work of battling sleep, it's time to rev up those engines. Sex, drugs, alcohol are the main hobbies, though any sort of rambunctious behavior will do. Wantonness is key. Any random hook-ups are always welcome, too. Who doesn't love an emotional crisis in the aftermath? Party 'till the cows come home. So how does one become lonely in a hip, happenin' place like this? Well, don't forget, there are still those prudes like me who refuse to be swept up by the illusory excitement...

Author: By Judy P. Tsai, | Title: The Road to Nowhere | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

...situation to a car accident. One of the genes that tells cells to divide (the accelerator) must get stuck in the "on" position. Another gene that tells cells to slow down (the brake) must be disabled. And the molecules that fix any mistakes in the DNA code (the repair crew) have to go on strike. In half of all colon cancers, the accelerator is a gene called ras, which makes a protein that stimulates cell growth. It was the ideal target for an anticancer drug...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drugs By Design | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

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