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Earlier in this century, imperial rulers in London, Paris and the Hague saw subject peoples demand and win their freedom. Now it seems to be Moscow's turn. It was relatively easy for the British, French and Dutch to give up colonies that were far from home and scattered around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: History: Shaky Empires, Then and Now | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

Schwarzkopf's inspection was delayed by an unscheduled meeting with Sultan Mohammed al-Haza, administrator of a remote northern principality sparsely populated by Bedouin sheepherders. As incense wafted through the room, Schwarzkopf perfumed his hands in preparation for a lunch of chicken and rice. Observance of the ancient ritual of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: The Desert Bear | 10/15/1990 | See Source »

But two private lawsuits, one on behalf of M.D.C. shareholders, claim that the company's apparent worth had been improperly inflated by the phony transactions with Silverado. After this sale, M.D.C. shares fell from $22 to below $1 for a time. Many M.D.C. officers and board members, including Brownstein, mysteriously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Running with A Bad Crowd: Neil Bush & the $1 billion Silverado debacle | 10/1/1990 | See Source »

The prospect of a united Germany may be fueling the R.A.F.'s latest violence. A five-page letter to the press following the attack on Neusel decried the emergence of a "greater Germany pursuing the same goals and imperial plans as Nazi Fascism." The apparent anti-unification campaign follows the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe Don't Count Them Out | 8/13/1990 | See Source »

Scientists from London's Imperial Cancer Research Fund studied DNA from four men with an abnormal set of chromosomes: each bore an XX pairing that had a small piece of Y attached to one of the chromosomes. Segments of DNA cloned from the Y fragment were compared with genetic material...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Making Men | 7/30/1990 | See Source »

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