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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lobbied for a council downsizing bill earlier this year, but it failed at the hands of representatives who either bought ridiculous arguments about a bigger council meaning better representation or, more likely, feared that they would not be re-elected to a smaller council. But it's illogical to expect the council to vote to shrink itself, and that will likely never happen. Which is why, with the council coming to us for a change, and down on its knees and begging at that, now is the time for constituents to cut the council a deal: We will give...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Let's Make a Deal | 3/17/1999 | See Source »

...long answer to the question covers what you would expect: The two men are accomplished, they are using the latest and best technology and equipment, and they have been graced with good luck. But the short answer is: Piccard is Swiss. "Because of his nationality, that of a neutral country, Piccard was able to obtain permission from China to pass over its airspace," says TIME writer-reporter Nadya Labi, who is following the flight. Other balloonists have had to do the aeronautical equivalent of gymnastics to try to get around China, dooming their flight. So why haven't we heard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jet Stream Carries Balloon Toward a Record | 3/17/1999 | See Source »

...However, March later said in an e-mail message that students should not expect significant changes anytime soon...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Radcliffe Considers Merit of Same-Sex Programs | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

Along about here, Single & Single begins to get really complicated, in the way that Le Carre's fans have come to expect. To give away as little as possible, let's cut to the present. Oliver has been living under an assumed identity in a remote part of England, all arranged and financed by Brock, for four years, during which he has married, fathered a daughter whom he adores, and then divorced his unfaithful wife. But Oliver's past refuses to remain in that tense. First he finds evidence that his father has finally tracked down his whereabouts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Corrupt Practices | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

...that its developer, Chris Roberts, had big aspirations. After all, this is the guy who created an elaborate futuristic world where humans battle the evil Kilrathi race across the galaxy. At last Roberts' cyberfantasies get the colossal scale they deserve in the movie version of his game, opening Friday. Expect dazzling effects in this, the first PC game adapted for film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Technology Mar. 15, 1999 | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

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