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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ladyjacks jumped out to a 43-27 lead at half, making a Crimson comeback difficult...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Texas Two-Step: W. Basketball Splits | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...Frist bill is likely to become the big starting point for a fiery debate, particularly since next year the Senate Finance Committee plans to take up comprehensive Medicare reform for the first time since the program was introduced in 1965. But even Breaux concedes his solution will have a difficult journey becoming law: many of his fellow Democrats will want to keep prescription drugs alive as an issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Screaming For Relief | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...winemakers have been building a great business--exports are up more than 50% in the past five years--they are also changing the way wine is made in some of the oldest vineyards on earth. Says Jancis Robinson, editor of the newly revised Oxford Companion to Wine: "It is difficult to overestimate the Australian impact." Explains New York City wine expert Humphrey Oguda: "No one has done so much for wine so fast. The giants of Australia, like Penfolds, make more than 1 million bottles of wine a year, and they scare every French winemaker because the quality that goes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Australian Wine: Liquid Gold | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...example, in Asia the CTBT would make it harder for North Korea to advance a nuclear-weapons program or for China to develop the technology required to place multiple warheads atop a single mobile missile. The congressional committee investigating potential Chinese espionage concluded that it would be more difficult for Beijing to exploit secrets it may have acquired from the U.S. if it can't conduct nuclear tests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Call for American Consensus | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

Seven-year-olds navigate unerringly through the minuscule screen that is the porthole to Pokedom, punching two tiny buttons and a cross-shaped cursor bar to find their way. It's a more difficult task for adults. But if you choose to play, you assume the role of a Pokemon trainer. Your goal is to travel the world collecting one of every Pokemon species. To acquire that collection, you need Pokemon to subdue Pokemon (they are then stored in handy containers called Pokeballs, hence the etymology of Pokemon, short for Pocket Monsters). The battles are mediated by the electronics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware of the Poke Mania | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

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