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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This sudden fear of Chinese nukes really strikes me as ridiculous to the point of being surreal," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "They've had 23 nukes pointed at us all along. Is that not enough to do the job? This is a great political issue for Republicans, but if you peel away the rhetoric, not a thing has changed in terms of tactical advantage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What If We Declared Cold War Two and Nobody Came? | 5/27/1999 | See Source »

...could take an additional 20 years to sort out all the scientific issues, which won't do you much good if there's a baby in your life right now. Since the proposed remedy isn't at all onerous, however, and since most kids don't develop a fear of the dark until after age two, it seems reasonable to turn the lights out in your infant's room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turn Off the Lights | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

...Freudian gloss on fairy tales, Warner believes the stories "represent a way of thinking about problems, particularly family problems: intimacy, sexuality and practical areas like money, dowries, property and hierarchy--who has the power to free women from their poverty?" In her new book she examines the way fear and pleasure have become intertwined, as horror films and books about serial killers become increasingly popular. "Our monsters," she says, "are of our own making...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Boo! (Scared Yet?) | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

...there once again were two pilots aboard a single plane. It was a B-2 this time. Once again, a trio of 2,000-pounders went astray. But this time the error wasn't made in the heat of battle by a pair of pilots fighting fear and fire. Instead it was made--and compounded--by deskbound drones at the CIA, the Pentagon, the U.S. European Command and NATO...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Embassy Bombing: Small Steps to a Big Disaster | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

...aides say Chernomyrdin has formed a picture of Milosevic as a complex leader split between two desires: to save face and to save his own skin. As the air war intensifies, Chernomyrdin aides say, Milosevic has started sleeping in a different bed every night and swapping cell phones for fear NATO will use them to pinpoint him for an air strike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's Distracted Peacemaker | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

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