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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many people dig career paths before they really think about it," Wei said. "[The forum] is a very compact and efficient way to both meet and compare a bunch of different companies at once...

Author: By Laura E. Rosenbaum, | Title: Career Forum to Provide Look Into Job Market | 10/18/1996 | See Source »

...hardly blame the comission, given the criteria they were using. Perot's star has fallen significantly since 1992 and the general frustration and anger of the electorate has quieted in the last four years. Without the ability to dig deep into his personal coffers, Perot can hardly spend his way out of his deficit in the polls. But I can't help but be disturbed by the notion that a man who is on the ballot in almost all 50 states, has a national organization and has political positions on most of the major issues...

Author: By Ethan M. Tucker, | Title: Third Party Blues | 9/19/1996 | See Source »

...condition of restrooms in city schools. He immediately dispatched workers from his firm to make repairs. Since then he has led a coalition of business leaders, community groups and students to upgrade and restore toilet facilities in local schools. Says Sigal: "It's almost like building a building...you dig a foundation, and you see something grow. You feel fulfilled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Sep. 9, 1996 | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

Beyond that, the photographers have gone out of their way to repay indigenous Africans for the access they've been granted. They have, for example, established a Maasai primary school, helped Africans get educated in the West, purchased medicine and even helped dig wells. But it isn't always easy, says Fisher, to decide where helping ends and meddling begins. "It's a real conflict for us," she says. "Should we be exposing these groups to the outside world or should we leave them alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anthropology: LOST AFRICA | 9/2/1996 | See Source »

...President needed something more presidential, something of enduring and classic value. It was a job, they realized, for the Dead White Men and, inclusively speaking, Dead Ladies too. No problem. Hillary could contact them through her medium and persuade Mahatma Gandhi to dig up their voice-mail numbers. Eleanor Roosevelt would brief them on the issues--if by late August any issues remained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JANE AUSTEN, ANSWER YOUR BEEPER | 9/2/1996 | See Source »

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