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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last week -- from Ukrainian-independen ce campaigners in Kiev to a procession behind a Russian Orthodox priest blessing Moscow's new commodities exchange, to U.S. film star and fitness diva Jane Fonda leading a troop of Soviet women on an athletic loop around the Kremlin. Yet as loudspeakers blared "Hoorah, hoorah!" for Fonda outside the old czarist citadel, inside no outright cheers greeted Gorbachev's shape-up course. Legislators adopted the program by a vote of 333 to 12 (with 34 abstentions) but remained unsure as to exactly what the plan would accomplish. Still, the scheme's preamble sets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union No Peace for the Prizewinner | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

...Quakers, on the other hand have chalked up only one victory against Harvard since 1929. Last year, Penn finished fourth, and this year it has the added incentive of sending off Coach Al Molloy with one final hoorah...

Author: By Rebecca D. Knowles, | Title: Racquetmen Seek Revenge Against Tigers Tomorrow | 2/3/1990 | See Source »

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