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Dates: during 1990-1999
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In 1939, Heinrich (Pitt), glamour boy of an empire mad for mountain climbing, joins an expedition to scale Nanga Parbat in eastern India. The troupe is led by Peter Aufschnaiter (David Thewlis), but Heinrich will say sir to no man. He pays no attention to his own severe pain, little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ZEN AND THE ART OF MOVIEMAKING | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

The story follows the adventures of one Heinrich Harrer (Pitt), an Austrian mountain climber whose mountaineering expedition eventually takes him to the holy Tibetan city of Lhasa. The journey marks an emotional awakening for Harrer, one that culminates in his befriending the Dalai Lama, whose friendship and spiritual guidance emboldens...

Author: By Jonathan B. Dinerstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Man Climbs Himalayas, Has Revelation | 10/10/1997 | See Source »

Archaeologist Timothy Kendall was leading an expedition in northern Sudan earlier this year when one of his diggers came across a slab of intricately carved stone hidden in rubble. Soon after, another slab turned up, and then another, until there were 25 in all, laid out in the sand like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NILE'S OTHER KINGDOM | 9/15/1997 | See Source »

Yes, Starr has gone too far! He has progressed from a fishing expedition to personal attacks--a vendetta. Millions and millions of dollars have been spent in this pursuit. Inhabitants of Arkansas have been subjected to inappropriate questions. Federal tax money has been spent by Starr that could have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 28, 1997 | 7/28/1997 | See Source »

DIED. CHARLES DRAKE, 72, maverick geologist who argued that volcanic eruptions, not the asteroid of a leading 1980s theory, killed off the dinosaurs; of a heart attack; in Norwich, Vt. Drake was an expert in lost worlds; he also led a 1960 expedition that discovered bacteria living 20 ft. beneath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jul. 21, 1997 | 7/21/1997 | See Source »

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