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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Kappa, Illinois. The only two commercial establishments in this small town of 150 people are two exotic dance clubs, the Kappa Cabana and Teesers. Teesers opened first but ever since the Cabana started proffering lap dances of its own this past July, the two establishments have been locked in furious competition. There have been lawsuits, appeals to the city council and a healthy exchange of fighting words between the warring owners and dancers. It may be time for a man of God like Reverend Jackson to step-in and restore peace to this small community...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: Another Cameo by the Reverend | 5/7/1999 | See Source »

Just the past Friday eBay experienced similar server problems, with auctions down for two hours (5:30 p.m. EDT to 7:30 p.m. EDT). Early eBay users are accustomed to service interruptions but millions of newer arrivals were left wondering if online auctions really are ready for prime-time. Furious users vented in online message boards like Auction Watch, while Kevin Pursglove, senior director for communications at eBay, told press, "We are always concerned when we have any downtime on the site... We are trying to respond as quickly as we can." On its own announcement board, eBay posted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: eBay Crash Halts Bidding for Five Hours | 5/4/1999 | See Source »

...White House is privately furious at how NATO commander General WESLEY CLARK first handled reports that one of his jets had mistakenly attacked a refugee convoy last week. Within hours of the Wednesday strike, which may have killed more than 70 ethnic Albanians, Clark told a news service he had "strong evidence" that Serb forces had fired at the refugee column. By the next day, embarrassed NATO officials admitted that their first claim was wrong and that an American F-16 had indeed attacked civilians. NATO tried to recover, releasing an audiotape of an F-16 pilot who may have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kosovo | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...began laying mines along Kosovo's borders within sight of Western television cameras. The mining operation is probably also designed to help stop such incidents as the spasm of fighting that broke out late last week between Serbian forces and Albanian-based K.L.A. forces. The Yugoslav military issued a furious statement decrying the "aggression"--and reportedly lobbed some artillery shells into Albania for good measure. The image of a well-trained and well-financed K.L.A. using bases in Macedonia and Albania to fight the Serbs clearly haunts Belgrade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As Kosovo Burns | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...White House is privately furious at how NATO commander General Wesley Clark first handled reports that one of his jets had mistakenly attacked a refugee convoy last week. Within hours of the Wednesday strike, which may have killed more than 70 ethnic Albanians, Clark told a news service he had "strong evidence" that Serb forces had fired at the refugee column. By the next day, embarrassed NATO officials admitted that their first claim was wrong and that an American F-16 had indeed attacked civilians. NATO tried to recover, releasing an audiotape of an F-16 pilot who may have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's View: NATO Spoke Rashly, Unwisely | 4/18/1999 | See Source »

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