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Dates: during 1990-1999
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From high on the hill in the riverside town of Wanxian, Gu Xiaoli looks out over the boat dock from her kitchen window and sighs. She is cooking a modest dinner of rice soup, pigs' feet and steamed buns. In the past two years, she, her husband and her son have all been laid off from textile factories in the town. With their combined pensions of $100 a month, they also have to support her 85-year-old father. Her biggest worry is for her son. After being laid off, he opened a restaurant that failed; then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The China Summit: The Pulse Of China | 6/29/1998 | See Source »

Workers on the site estimated that the common room will lose about 160 square feet, leaving it about half of its former size. A small kitchen for student use attached to the common room will remain unscathed...

Author: By Gregory S. Krauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dean Cuts Into Weld Common Room | 6/26/1998 | See Source »

Because the bells are heard more than 50 feet from the church, the congregation is in violation of the city's current noise ordinance...

Author: By Jennifer M. Siegel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Despite Complaints, St. Paul's Bells Ring | 6/26/1998 | See Source »

...boyishness on the plane was a signal that he did not fear Utah, even if the Jazz were well rested, were playing at home at an altitude of some 4,500 feet and were on a roll after inhaling the seemingly mighty Lakers. In truth, they were not that much younger, and what he saw was the matchups: their significantly smaller guards going against him, Pippen, Ron Harper and even Toni Kukoc. He clearly liked these matchups, much more than he had liked what Bird was able to throw at him. He remained upbeat even after the Bulls lost Game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How He Got Up There | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

...love hearing it." Tesh says he wrote the tune while in Europe; without a tape recorder or piano, he called home and sang it onto the answering machine, then submitted it under a fake name. According to Tesh, the song is the same pace as a fast break--120 feet a minute. "When I had to decide what the tempo was, I taped a whole bunch of games, then turned off the sound on the TV to make sure the tempo matched. This song would not work for golf." He says he is thinking of doing a rap version...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jun. 22, 1998 | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

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