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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when the sword is swallowed, it will be encased in the tube. ((Make)) an imitation sword . . . out of licorice covered with tinfoil or aluminum paint; the licorice sword is swallowed and a real one produced from behind the back, giving "the impression the sword has passed entirely through you." Hire somebody to do it for you, as it may save you much annoyance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Of Dogs and Other Marvels | 2/14/1994 | See Source »

...still remain the one group that's willing to vote for a black candidate." And although the press dwells on alleged black anti- Semitism, Roger Wilkins, a professor of history at George Mason University, observes, "Black people didn't create the law firms and banking firms that wouldn't hire Jews. The Wasps did that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Enforcing Correctness | 2/7/1994 | See Source »

...that other awkward age, groping for a way to reach an adult audience without alienating the screaming teenyboppers who made them rich and famous. So what's an old New Kid to do? Change the band's name, for one thing, to NKOTB (not, obviously, a radical switcheroo) and hire a team of crack producers to give them a slicker, more grown-up sound. Thanks to studio pros like Teddy Riley % and Narada Michael Walden (who have separately produced records for Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey), Face the Music is the most polished album the Kids have ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Growing Up Is Hard to Do | 2/7/1994 | See Source »

...program of three to six months. Offered to first-term nonviolent offenders as an alternative to jail, the programs feature military drills and hard labor. Some also include substance-abuse treatment and training that ranges from how to take a shower to how to persuade a prospective employer to hire you despite your prison record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: Lock 'Em Up!?And Throw Away the Key | 2/7/1994 | See Source »

Some of the people calling most loudly for the curfews are African Americans, who are more likely to know what it means to live on a block made unlivable by crime. "For those who are worried about the constitutionality of the curfew, I'll gladly hire some buses and transfer the kids who are on our streets after 11 p.m. to their neighborhoods," says T. Willard Fair, president of Miami's Urban League...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: Lock 'Em Up!?And Throw Away the Key | 2/7/1994 | See Source »

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