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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Philosophical? Well, that's what you get when you're able to show your guest an original draft of the Gettysburg address (which the history-mad Jiang can quote verbatim), and happen to have the National Symphony orchestra playing on your lawn. In this congenial atmosphere, the presidents' conversation apparently ranged across 4,000 years of Chinese history ? and the relatively puny 200-year American version...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zen and the Art of U.S.-China Relations | 10/29/1997 | See Source »

...need an inspection to make sure it's safe. Many ultralights are elegant and airworthy; the plane featured in last year's movie Fly Away Home is a good example. But if you strapped a snowmobile engine and some plywood wings onto a lawn chair and got it to fly, the FAA couldn't stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED? | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

...forces besides the empty nest compelling Hillary to move on to the next project. Unlike those of her most recent predecessors, who were nearer retirement age when they left the White House, Hillary's chance to make a mark doesn't end when the helicopter rises from the South Lawn for the last time. A few months ago, she mused to her friend actress Mary Steenburgen that she and Bill might be itinerant college professors for a while, taking stints at various campuses as they sort out their future. On the other hand, says Steenburgen, the idea of putting down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HILLARY CLINTON: TURNING FIFTY | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

...however, persuaded the U.S. to disown the mines. From her lawn last week, Williams had harsh words for President Clinton, who has refused to sign the treaty until it makes an exception for U.S. land-mine use along the uneasy border between North and South Korea, where 37,000 American soldiers are stationed, and for the use of antipersonnel mines in conjunction with antitank mines. Said Williams: "I think it's tragic that President Clinton does not want to be on the side of humanity." And she found it odd that he had not yet called to congratulate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KUDOS FOR A CRUSADER | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

...ROKER President tells weathermen they're not just airheads, plus they get White House lawn stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Oct. 13, 1997 | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

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