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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After the oil-price crash, Bush had begun looking for a bigger fish to swallow his little one. His "bail-out strategy," as he calls it now, was to have Spectrum bought out by a publicly traded company so his investors would have a shot at getting their money back. Texas-based Harken Oil & Gas (now known as Harken Energy Corp.) had been buying up troubled independents on the cheap, and Spectrum fit the profile. In one six-month period before the acquisition, Spectrum lost $402,000. It was $3 million in debt, with no hope of attracting a dollar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How George Got His Groove | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

Creatine, on the other hand, is not a steroid and more closely resembles a protein. Synthesized from amino acids, it functions as an energy reservoir for short, high-intensity workouts. You could boost your creatine levels by eating red meat and fish, but it would take an awful lot of steak and sushi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Muscle Candy | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...least 1,200 mg. That's a lot. An 8-oz. glass of milk contains about 300 mg, an equal amount of yogurt the same. Hard cheese and calcium-fortified orange juice are helpful, as are soft-shell crabs and the bones of small fish. The general rule applies here too: consume as much calcium as you can through food, but for many it is hard to eat sardine skeletons daily, so it's O.K. to use a supplement for a little help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Diets For Life | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

PARTY ANIMAL George W. Bush, at SMU: "You no doubt take with you...memories such as Saturday nights hitting the books hard at the Green Elephant and emptying fish bowls at LuLus. For you parents, I'm not talking marine biology here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Finally, in Closing | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

...illegal to remove your footwear. Do it anyway and save yourself a day's walk in soggy sneakers.) You also get sprayed in the elaborate Sinbad stunt show, in the swirling vortex that leads you to the battle of the gods in Poseidon's Fury, and on the One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish kiddie ride. Some days, of course, it'll just rain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thrill Park | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

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