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But when we first stepped in the front door, we gasped. The house was in a state of utter disrepair. The basement had recently flooded, the ceiling had a hole in it and the entire interior of the house was coated with a thick layer of grime. As we walked...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: Derrick Was Here | 7/25/1997 | See Source »

Despite the Clinton Administration's expansive claims for the plan--that it increases everyone's security, reinforces democracy, makes Russia a partner with the West--there are many more questions and apparent contradictions. The biggest threat to the world's security is the spread of weapons of mass destruction, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO PLUS THREE | 7/14/1997 | See Source »

Until then, Utah, and Tooele County in particular, had always been a benevolent playground for the military. But the history of deception here has turned people like Lisa Puchner into reluctant agitators. "Mormons used to trust the government," she says. "But we've been abused, so there's a lot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: WHEN FEAR MAKES SENSE | 7/7/1997 | See Source »

As a disinfectant, chlorine is one of the public-health success stories of the 20th century. After it was first used to purify water supplies in the early 1900s, typhoid fever, cholera and dysentery virtually disappeared from the U.S. But the chemical has been under attack in recent years by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WATER HAZARD? | 6/30/1997 | See Source »

Beal Companies demolished this historic site after a community-based protest led by Timothy McHale and supported by Brighton-Allston Historical Society and Boston Preservation Alliances. Beal Companies proceeded with destruction in 1995 despite the Landmarks Commission's designation of the site as a temporary protected landmark.

Author: By Matthew W. Granade, | Title: Community Responds Angrily to Purchases | 6/27/1997 | See Source »

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