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CREDIT: From a telephone poll of 1,000 American adults taken for TIME/CNN on April 10-11 by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman. Sampling error is plus or minus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back To Reality | 4/22/1991 | See Source »

CREDIT: From a telephone poll of 1,000 American adults taken for TIME/CNN on April 10-11 by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman. Sampling error is plus or minus 3%. Multiple responses allowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grapevine: Apr. 22, 1991 | 4/22/1991 | See Source »

...political error, though, is not in being a hypocrite; that is his moral failure. His political error is that he was caught by his own rhetoric. His war was a superb success that won him incredible political support, but Bush declared it to be over before it was over...

Author: By John D. Staines, | Title: Empty Words | 4/17/1991 | See Source »

...also a high-risk exploit. Unlike most sports, bungee jumping allows zero margin for error. In a free fall, a mistake or an equipment failure would almost certainly mean a jumper's doom. But talk to any bungee enthusiast, and he'll tell you about the chills and thrills -- not the spills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bungee Jumping Comes of Age | 4/15/1991 | See Source »

...Persian Gulf war. Rarely in the life of a nation is a question so vital settled so decisively. The gulf debate is the closest politics gets to a controlled experiment. Hypotheses were advanced, and 43 days later the results were in. In the scientific world, one side admits error at this point. Those who believe in Lamarck or cold fusion either recant or retire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: On Getting It Wrong | 4/15/1991 | See Source »

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