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...Like a lap dancer in a go-go bar, North Korea doesn?t have time to sit down and talk if there?s no reward involved. Earlier this year the U.S. had to agree to an aid package in order to get access to Northern nuclear facilities; more recently, South Korea had to promise a large shipment of fertilizer to coax its neighbors to talks in Beijing Monday on allowing some 10 million Koreans to reunite with family members they?ve not seen in four decades because of the war. But then bad weather prevented the South Korean freighter carrying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fertilizer Hits the Fan in Korea Talks | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

...stationary bike, the keyboard on his lap. He did not cry out. He took a dozen deep, cleansing breaths and dismounted and set the keyboard on the floor. He sat down in front of his computer and switched on Audio and said, "Voice activation." There were two confirming beeps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Faith At The Speed Of Light | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...disappear into these worlds, populated by a few friends, a boss, some coworkers and a neighbor or two. The rest of the world will be at their fingertips, but they will have no real impact on anyone or anything outside their bubble. If they make waves, they will lap up against the glass that comforts and confines them...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Facing a World of Worlds | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

...That's when Fate intervened. Fate guided the ball right into Golla's waiting lap for a 23-yard gain to Yale's 15-yard line...

Author: By Notorious G.i.z., EDUARDO PEREZ-GIZ | Title: Life After Death | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

...Thursday morning, Albright and her entourage broke away from the President's tour and took their own Air Force jet up to Bonn for the G-8 meeting. With a red folder marked INTEL on her lap, she conducted her regular morning staff meeting on the short flight. "Slobo's feeling the heat," she said, a twinkle in her eye, as she glanced up from a memo on how Milosevic was putting some former top military men under house arrest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Madeleine's War | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

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