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Dates: during 1990-1999
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As soldiers on the tarmac push the hysterical crowds back with rifle butts, Abkhazian gunners train their fire on the runway. Those who do manage to clamber into an outbound plane discover that they have boarded a flying morgue. The backs of seats are pushed forward to accommodate stretchers bearing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Siege of Sukhumi | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

The Menendez case originally looked much simpler. When Jose, 45, a Cuban refugee who had become the wealthy chief of a music- and video-distribution business, and Kitty, 44, a onetime beauty queen, were gunned down, the first suspicion was of a Mafia hit. But the mangled condition of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sons and Murderers | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

It remains to be seen which needs the other's talents more: Hollywood, with all it has to learn about computers, or Silicon Valley, with all it needs to discover about telling a story. But the tale of their meeting and their subsequent romance has all the makings of a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Amazing Video Game Boom | 9/27/1993 | See Source »

Organizing the task force and its 450 members quickly devolved into frenzy. On leave from other agencies, 200 federal officials trekked daily to the Old Executive Office Building, only to discover they had to wait in long lines at the Secret Service checkpoints. The service's computers routinely deleted the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill and Hill Clinton: Behind Closed Doors | 9/20/1993 | See Source »

Here is a surefire quiz to discover whether Strip Tease -- or any of the four earlier Florida caper novels by Miami Herald columnist Carl Hiaasen -- belongs on your nightstand. If you find these characters funny, then Hiaasen is for you:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: House Rules | 9/20/1993 | See Source »

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