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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Cindy is shaking with fear. She tugs at her gold necklace, shifts in her seat, slams down cup after cup of black coffee. She gets this way when she has to tell a stranger why she can't sleep at night, why she and her husband have been fighting, why she can't choke down even half her meal when she goes to a nice restaurant. Two decades ago, when Cindy (a pseudonym) was in college, a man beat and raped her. Devastated and uncertain, she had the baby but surrendered the girl for adoption...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adoption: Tracking Down Mom | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

...most cold-hearted viewer breaks down and begs for Gibson's forgiveness at the mere thought of not loving the movie. It seems that greedy little Mel wants it all, the dough and the doo-doo to boot. Whereas some actors employ pathos and ethos to panhandle Oscar gold, Gibson aims straight for the gut, which goes to show that even metal buckles at a de-entrailed man's blood-curdling cry for freedom...

Author: By Judy P. Tsai, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: PAYBACK TIME | 2/19/1999 | See Source »

Hussein's death, at age 65 from chronic cancer, came quickly: The image of the king's triumphant return three weeks ago, piloting his own plane, was in stark contrast to the gold-painted ambulance making a slow left turn as it took the king from the Mayo clinic Thursday, returning to his country unconscious and on life support, his body in a state of deterioration following a unsuccessful bone marrow transplant and liver and kidney failure. By Friday, the Israeli radio stations announced "Hussein is clinically dead." The king had returned to his land and its people, but only...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, | Title: Remembering King Hussein | 2/11/1999 | See Source »

...Pearls and gold are classic; silver is a little funky," Bowman says. "Whatever you wear, let it be real. We all have costume jewelry, but for the interview let everything about you speak quality...

Author: By Alysson R. Ford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Look Sharp: Dressing for Business | 2/9/1999 | See Source »

...owner of Bad Boy Records, one of hip-hop's most powerful new corporate dynasties, Combs has his fingerprints all over rap music in the '90s. His recycling, or sampling, of old hits by the likes of Diana Ross and the Police proved to be pure gold, bringing in millions of new fans even as critics carped that he is to music what Andy Warhol was to painting--a salesman in artist's clothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Hip-Hop Nation: Sean Puffy Combs | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

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