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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...crypto-anarchists grab some Jolt from the wet bar and troop out, so now it's just me, Mom and Dad in the skybox. Dad points at the field with the stem of his pipe. ``Those 27 folks down there,'' he says. ``They didn't get any help from you, did they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GREAT SIMOLEON CAPER | 3/1/1995 | See Source »

...provides further evidence that we are in danger of becoming a society of haves and have-nots," Brown said. "This is unacceptable." TIME national correspondent Jack E. White says the nonpartisan reports will "reinforce the belief that black interests have been put on the political back burner," and will jolt major black groups like the NAACP to take stronger stands on economic issues. "This is confirmation that 30 years after the Civil Rights acts were passed, blacks don't enjoy anything like equality," White says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CENSUS . . . BLACKS STILL MISS THE ECONOMIC BOAT | 2/22/1995 | See Source »

...provides further evidence that we are in danger of becoming a society of haves and have-nots," Brown said. "This is unacceptable." TIME national correspondent Jack E. White says the nonpartisan reports will "reinforce the belief that black interests have been put on the political back burner," and will jolt major black groups like the NAACP to take stronger stands on economic issues. "This is confirmation that 30 years after the Civil Rights acts were passed, blacks don't enjoy anything like equality," White says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CENSUS . . . BLACKS STILL MISS THE ECONOMIC BOAT | 2/21/1995 | See Source »

...wonder the country as a whole got such a serious jolt. One of Japan's most important industrial and transportation centers had been shattered in the 20 seconds the quake lasted. Aside from the destruction of its port facilities, which served as a gateway for about 10% of Japan's overseas trade, Kobe's trains, its elevated highways and much of its basic utilities lay in ruins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECONOMIC AFTERSHOCK | 2/6/1995 | See Source »

...country's worst earthquake in more than 70 years. The jolt that hit Kobe (pop. 1.5 million) just before dawn on Tuesday measured 7.2 on the Richter scale. The numbers alone told the chilling story: some 5,000 confirmed dead, 200 still missing, 25,000 injured, 300,000 homeless. As exhausted relief workers sifted through the rubble of what was once the country's second busiest port, survivors waited stoically in line for hours for a small bottle of water and a fist-size ball of rice. Offers of help came from all over the world, and as each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEEK: JANUARY 15-21 | 1/30/1995 | See Source »

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