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Although a liberal Democrat, Milwaukee's Norquist has also taken a tough line with city workers. He was faced a few years ago with a standoff between his public-works and fire departments over the painting of firehouses. The fire department wanted the buildings painted in the summer, when its...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CITY BOOSTERS | 8/18/1997 | See Source »

I have since heard countless other explanations such as: "God decided to take His most beautiful children," or "At least they died when they were young and happy." But there's only so much you can say, and you can't be rational about irrational things like the death of...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: Remembering Friends | 8/15/1997 | See Source »

Until now, the worst threat most creatures of the sea had faced at fishermen's hands was so-called commercial extinction. Whenever local populations of a particular fish plummeted, boats simply targeted some other species or moved to more distant waters. The depleted stocks almost always recovered. But now, experts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE FISH CRISIS | 8/11/1997 | See Source »

JIM CARREY and LAUREN HOLLY's hillside wedding ceremony 10 months ago had the air of risky, throw-caution-to-the-wind impetuosity about it. The two hitched up on the set of Dumb and Dumber in 1994, split up and got back together again just before the nuptials. Alas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 11, 1997 | 8/11/1997 | See Source »

No one thinks the push abroad, and the complementary balancing act domestically, will be easy. Says Bradley Bertoch, a venture capitalist (and nonpracticing Mormon) who specializes in attracting money to Utah: "The church needs to recruit adequate labor to drive its business growth beyond the borders of the U.S. But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KINGDOM COME | 8/4/1997 | See Source »

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