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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...libraries around the world, the foundation has the means and the political connections to press its case. Hillary Rodham Clinton worked for Carnegie in the early 1970s, and Bill Clinton served on one of its task forces when he was Governor of Arkansas. The Administration is already giving lip service to the Carnegie study: Hillary Clinton is scheduled to be the keynote speaker when its recommendations are unveiled at a conference in Washington this week. The question is whether the White House will follow up by proposing legislative remedies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Crucial Early Years | 4/18/1994 | See Source »

...slips twixt lip and cup foiled Lehman's three critical putts down the stretch--for eagle on 15, for birdie on 16 and 17--any of which, had one dropped, could have over-burdened Olazabal's churning mind...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: The Noble Loser | 4/11/1994 | See Source »

...much-beloved classic "St. Elmo's Fire," except they find it much more enjoyable and sophisticated. They're wrong on two counts. "Reality Bites" is not like "St. Elmo's Fire," but rather more along the lines of John Hughes movies like "The Breakfast Club." Except that Winona's lip-biting has replaced Molly's and Winona, judging from her flirtations with the Academy Awards, seems to be going place Molly never got to. Moreover, "St. Elmo's Fire" had exciting twists in its love plots, while the love plot of "Reality Bites is absolutely stock. From the moment...

Author: By Alexandra Jacobs, | Title: Taking a Bite Out of Hollywood | 4/7/1994 | See Source »

...publicity campaigns. Moreover, tiger-bone remedies are so ingrained in these cultures that it is not certain their governments could control the trade in tiger parts. Whether they have the will to try is even more open to question. All three countries have a well- documented history of paying lip service to agreements protecting endangered species while continuing to do business as usual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ENVIRONMENT: Tigers on the Brink | 3/28/1994 | See Source »

...Verba report payed lip service to theproblems of discriminating against gays in themilitary. And in approving the report facultymembers billed their vote to approve the report'srecommendations as a firm stand againstdiscrimination...

Author: By Wendy M. Seltzer, | Title: Is Harvard Giving Up on Its ROTC Promises? | 2/26/1994 | See Source »

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