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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES OF MEDICINE | 10/1/1997 | See Source »

When the skin suffers a deep third-degree burn, two major regulatory systems go awry. The body loses its ability to control its temperature, causing burn patients to shiver even in temperatures as high as 75[degrees]F. Consequently, burn-unit rooms are often kept around 90[degrees]F, and a burn team's first priority is to warm the patients with heated fluids or heat shields suspended above the patient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TO HELL AND BACK | 10/1/1997 | See Source »

...dispelled: a positive result does not mean you are currently afflicted. And the strenuous post-test requirements--a visit every three months the first year and every six months the following two years--are made clear. To date, 183 have been tested; almost twice that number have not kept appointments or have dropped out. "That's their way of telling us they don't really want the test," says Brandt. "We think of that as a success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEEING THE FUTURE | 10/1/1997 | See Source »

That kind of enthusiasm has kept the actress busy in the four years since Cheers went off the air. She earned an Emmy for her dramatic work in 1994's TV movie David's Mother. On Oct. 5 she does a comedy turn in Toothless--a fantasy made for ABC's newly revived Wonderful World of Disney--playing a workaholic dentist turned tooth fairy. And at Christmastime, she will co-star in movies with two famous and funny Allens: Woody in Deconstructing Harry and Tim in For Richer or Poorer. The normally reticent Woody Allen, who had never seen Alley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: RIGHT UP HER ALLEY | 9/29/1997 | See Source »

...verities. The place is already Disneyfied: Climb Mount Rhino, the resting place of the family pets as well as Ronnie's steed Little Man! Visit Heart Rock, where Ronnie and Nancy carved their initials! See where Queen Elizabeth slept! Launch a boat on Lake Lucky, the pond where Reagan kept his goldfish! But don't expect Wally World, or even the run of the place. The ranch is likely to be available for private tours by appointment only. What do you expect for $5 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LAKE LUCKY, HERE WE COME! | 9/29/1997 | See Source »

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