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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with being sensible. Without any question--the brief dawn a few years ago of the tiny, puppyish Miata sports convertible aside--cars had grown tedious and indistinguishable. A Lexus or a BMW or a Mercedes said, "I've got mine, and I'm rich." A Volkswagen Golf or Ford Escort said nothing whatsoever. Did we need talking cars? Apparently: a Jeep with a mountain bike or kayak rack bolted to the roof said, "I'm doing the Ironman next month." You have to drive something, and if your $299-a-month lease can get you a Ford Explorer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGH RIDE AND HANDSOME | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

...This means heavy smokers such as Armey had to slip out to the Rose Garden colonnade for a smoking break. If that were not indignity enough, Armey does not have a pass to roam around the West Wing. So whenever he ducked out of the meetings, he needed an escort to make sure the guards didn't shoot him on sight. At one point, Clinton's economic adviser, Gene Sperling, had Armey duty; another time a Secret Service agent warned the majority leader not to toss his cigarette butt into the Rose Garden. The dead leaves, the agent told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUDGET: THE INNER GAME | 1/15/1996 | See Source »

...year-old senior was interviewing the Dalai Lama in his palace of exile in Dharmsala, India. She also spent time in Tibet, where she was arrested for posing as a tourist, but not before smuggling out four hours of contraband video. In Algeria she traveled with an armed escort, and in Iran she was threatened with detention. And she still got back in time for the start of classes in September...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: HOT NEWS IN CLASS | 12/18/1995 | See Source »

...addition, Witt said, dispatchers will check to make sure that drivers' watchers are synchronized, will not provide callers with an approximate time for their wait and will call students back when the escort arrives for the pick...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Shuttle Service Makes Changes To Fix Delays | 12/15/1995 | See Source »

SBFVS was created this fall when the Escort Service, formerly run by the Harvard University Police Department, was merged with the shuttle services...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Shuttle Service Makes Changes To Fix Delays | 12/15/1995 | See Source »

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