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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...vital repairs ? and they were never more needed. True to form, Mir's oxygen generators broke down this morning. TIME's Dick Thompson says this latest mishap is no cause for alarm: "To the Russians, this is just life as normal," he says. The two cosmonauts are expected to dock Thursday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russians to the Rescue | 8/6/1997 | See Source »

...vital repairs ? and they were never more needed. True to form, Mir's oxygen generators broke down this morning. TIME's Dick Thompson says this latest mishap is no cause for alarm: "To the Russians, this is just life as normal," he says. The two cosmonauts are expected to dock Thursday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russians to the Rescue | 8/5/1997 | See Source »

...mast and a steadying sail. Coomer buys the boat for a reasonable price, which is much like adopting, for a reasonable price, a child who must shortly be sent to Princeton. He names it Yonder (that's the easy part), learns to hoist anchor, percolate about the harbor, and dock again. Also to sail a bit, and what to do when the diesel fails: call for a tow, then call the diesel wizard, then deploy checkbook. After several seasons of costly maintenance, Coomer's master shipwright assumes a long face, reports rot and says the author had better decide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: CAST UP BY THE SEA | 6/23/1997 | See Source »

...sturmings of ancient Scottish noblemen and of rich Long Islanders in pink summer shirts had something to offer their lives. The answer (Could he make them believe it?) was that they too had the hearts of kings and the longing for a green light at the end of a dock. And culture was a two-way street: rap to Shakespeare and back. The trick was to see the world as rich, plentiful, various, and theirs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE DEATH OF A TEACHER | 6/16/1997 | See Source »

...guards pushed them over the gap between dock and plank, then up a narrow staircase. Buakey, the littlest one, stumbled and fell but couldn't rise because his hands were locked together...

Author: By Victoria E.M. Cain, | Title: Ashong Trades Harvard's Yard for Spielberg's Set | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

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