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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many stores in Moscow carry products I have never even seen in America. Virtualny Mir (Virtual World), an electronics store, boasts products like a fifty-inch high-definition television with DVD players and a strobe-lit dishwasher with a transparent front. After six years of Western companies cultivating the idea of conspicuous consumption here, the Russians are finally catching...

Author: By Marshall I. Lewy, | Title: From Russia With Love | 2/19/1998 | See Source »

...Basque terrorist group ETA (don't ask me what it stands for--I'm still a foreigner here) claimed responsibility for the assassination. While terrorism is, unfortunately, not unknown in the U.S., we are still accustomed to pinning it on a psychopath or a small group of fanatics. The idea of a terrorist group established enough to openly admit to the crime is chilling and strange...

Author: By Malka A. Older, | Title: Dancing With the Past | 2/17/1998 | See Source »

...river-dwellers who curse the bells may takeheart. The original plan at St. Paul's called fora daily ringing at 6 a.m. In deference to thechurch's sleeping neighbors, the idea was dropped

Author: By James Y. Stern, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Restored Bells Bring Ringing Back to River | 2/17/1998 | See Source »

...Suharto Living Dangerously As his government and economy teeters on the edge of collapse, Indonesia's president comes up with a risky idea to save his country ? or at least his family finances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Front Page | 2/17/1998 | See Source »

When you're defending an alleged rapist, it's probably a good idea to avoid making sexist comments...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Wisdom | 2/13/1998 | See Source »

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