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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Businesses like mine are going to fail, and real estate values are going to go down," said Gary M. Stoloff, owner of BeBop Burrito...

Author: By Anne L. Brody, | Title: A New Student Center Opens | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

...managed to settle the academic issues of the school by moving toward a pass-fail system and turning the fundraiser into the biggest success ever for the school, raising more than $15 million...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law Dean Bok Succeeded Pusey As President | 6/3/1996 | See Source »

...poetry with heartfelt and jagged-edged rock 'n' roll. She's never been much of a vocalist--she has a croaky, flat voice--but the strength of her music came from what she was singing, not how she was singing it. Unfortunately, on her new album, Gone Again, words fail her. The album deals with issues of mortality (the word heaven pops up in three songs), but the endeavor is marred by one song, Summer Cannibals, which comes complete with faux tribal chants and stereotypical images galore (boiling cauldrons and the like) along with a guttural, chanted chorus, "eat/eat/eat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: OLDER BUT NOT WISER | 6/3/1996 | See Source »

...therefore, distressing that some important European officials are privately writing off Dayton's political provisions and preparing the ground for de facto partition next year. Partition is not inevitable, but the agreements will surely fail if those responsible for carrying them out are not completely committed to them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BACKSLIDING IN BOSNIA | 5/20/1996 | See Source »

...nation. Front leaders are hedging, unwilling to depend on Congress to keep their government steady. "The President is considering which coalition to pick, says TIME's Dick Thompson. "The BJP won the most seats, and many say it should have the opportunity to form a government, even if they fail. But Congress and the National Front say that more Indians voted for a secular government than for a Hindu one, and there is not much guidance in the constitution. Ironically, there is still a slim possibility that Rao may still run the show, even though his party lost the election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indian National Front Moves to Exclude Hindu BJP | 5/14/1996 | See Source »

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