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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Other airlines also delayed and canceled planes, creating havoc for returning holiday travelers...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: Storm Foils Returning Students | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

...Liberties Union. But it is his nomination to the Pentagon's newly created position in charge of peacekeeping operations abroad that has turned him into an object lesson in the way a band of conservative Congressmen, bureaucrats and ideological crusaders are using the Senate's confirmation process to wreak havoc with President Clinton's effort to create a new policymaking vanguard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gumming Up the Works | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

Joining Butler in the spotlight is 5'6" sophomore point guard Elizabeth Proudfit. Last year's Ivy Rookie of the Year, she averaged 10.2 points, 3.3 assists, and 2.7 rebounds a game. She is the leader of the break and the press, and her aggressive style of play creates havoc on both offense and defense...

Author: By Mayer Bick, | Title: New, Wide-Open Offense Paces Cagewomen Attack | 11/13/1993 | See Source »

Government basically has two options: suppressing the violence with force or removing the causes of the violence. It was the former that prompted Mayor Kelly's plan to deploy the National Guard. The presence of armed troops would no doubt have a sobering effect on those spreading havoc. Knowing that help was really around the corner would also embolden citizens of these areas and alleviate the siege mentality present in these urban areas...

Author: By David L. Bosco, | Title: Fundamental Rights | 11/3/1993 | See Source »

...least exotic of the five we sampled. The Asmara Tibbs is a simple diced beef with peppers and onions, not quite the way Ma would cook it, but not all that different either. Naturally, it was devoured first and ended up being the only dish which did not wreak havoc on our gastrointestinal tracts later that night. The chicken house special is a spicy, curry-like dish, partly finger-food because of the hunks of bone-dry chicken and the single hard-boiled egg plopped in the middle. If the house special was what the critics were thinking of when...

Author: By Adam Sonfield, | Title: Drowning in Blood | 10/28/1993 | See Source »

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