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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...different parts of the world to harass his network. The agency has succeeded in breaking up a bin Laden terror cell operating in Albania. The Pentagon is readying more strikes on bin Laden operatives before they attack. "We're going to take you down before you take your gun out," a planning officer on the Pentagon's Joint Staff vowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pair of Quick Arrests | 9/7/1998 | See Source »

...region hiccuped with pain. The cheap yen was a strong signal to investors who were betting that Asia has farther down to go before it takes any steps up. On international markets, it was the yen slip that triggered the attack against the HKD. During a weeklong run-and-gun battle between speculators and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the peg remained firm. (The HKD is pegged to the U.S. dollar at a ratio of 7.8 to 1.) A defiant Joseph Yam, head of the HKMA, vowed in the press conference, "I am going to hit them [speculators] where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Currencies Collide | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

Does the Committee to Protect Journalists have a critics' chapter? WYCLEF JEAN, a member of the band the Fugees (biggest hit: Killing Me Softly with His Song), reportedly pulled a gun on a magazine editor over a bad review of a rap band he's producing. "For some reason, sometimes hip-hop artists, they seem to feel like they can operate outside the rules of normalcy," said Jesse Washington, editor of the new magazine Blaze. Jean denied the allegation on MTV. "Wyclef Jean pulls no gun. Wyclef Jean plays guitars, and I have love for my family, respect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 24, 1998 | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

...public, that means the meticulous maintenance of the Potemkin presidency, in which every appearance suggests that nothing is wrong. It was a week of crusades for gun control and Native American economic development, unity meetings with Democrats on the Hill, relentless Rose Garden ceremonies that at some point were painful to watch, as when Clinton cued the Marine Band to drown out reporters' questions. Deputy spokesman Barry Toiv, last week's sacrificial lamb, could even joke about it with the rumbling White House press corps. "Hey, I am sorry," he said on arriving almost an hour late for the Wednesday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Over To You, Bill Clinton | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

Clinton had a little fun, A little fun, a smoking gun Current odds are 10 to 1 In the impeachment pool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Aug. 17, 1998 | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

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