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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this game was different. The Crimson applied relentless pressure and finally scored with 32:36 gone in the first half when the fleet-footed Downing tallied unassisted. Then, with seven seconds left in the half, Belisle converted a penalty shot for a strong 2-0 lead...

Author: By John B. Trainer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stickwomen Triumph Over Lackluster Yale | 10/14/1992 | See Source »

...wanted. ! Similarly, the Air Force will have to face reality on its warplane of the future, the F-22: the Pentagon's request to buy 648 of them for as much as $95 billion beginning in 1995 seems out of the question. While maintaining a 117- plane strategic bomber fleet essential for delivering heavy bomb loads and air-launched cruise missiles over intercontinental distances, the Air Force could be reduced to 10 active and five reserve tactical fighter wings, totaling 1,500 planes, and 300 large transport planes. TIME's estimated future cost: $65 billion, compared with $83 billion currently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Force for the Future | 9/7/1992 | See Source »

Only once did the facility go on full alert -- on Nov. 9, 1965, when a power failure darkened much of the Northeast. Bourassa says he feared at the time that it was the result of a surgical nuclear strike. His order: "Report to base at once." The site's fleet of buses was dispatched to round up the 200- plus employees who lived in the area. Up until then, officials had feared that the staff would not report in because their family members would not be sheltered. But that day, more than 80% of the staff answered the call. Bourassa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Doomsday Blueprints | 8/10/1992 | See Source »

Russians, Hungarians and a U.S. fleet make waves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 8/10/1992 | See Source »

...muscle car ($50,000) and Grand Cherokee sports utility vehicle ($20,000) were on the market during part of the reporting period, these profits -- the first since the recession began in 1990 -- came less from new product than from continuing cost-cutting programs and reductions in rebates and discounted fleet sales. Even so, there were encouraging signs that both companies might extend their winning streak. Ford's conservatively restyled Taurus has come up a winner in the high-volume midsize-sedan market and is steadily gaining on Honda's Accord as the nation's best-selling car. Chrysler has nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Struggling Back Into the Black Ford and Chrysler make some money for a change | 8/10/1992 | See Source »

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