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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Princess Diana vs. G.I. Joe, and Joe, in the form of the Pentagon, won. President Bill Clinton decided last week that he couldn't buck the united opposition of his Joint Chiefs of Staff and would not sign a treaty banning antipersonnel land mines, which kill or maim 25,000 civilians each year. Clinton and his wife Hillary had been touched by the Princess of Wales' poignant visits to young victims of such mines in Bosnia and Angola a few weeks ago. After her death, the treaty being written in Oslo took on the luster of a humanitarian memorial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NO CLEAN SWEEP FOR MINES | 9/29/1997 | See Source »

Question 3: The people who live upstairs practice extended Spice Girls dance routines from 10:30 p.m. to 4 a.m., which makes it impossible to sleep or even stand up correctly. Should I maim them...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, | Title: Dear Campus Commando | 9/18/1997 | See Source »

This was No. 20--the 20th suicide attack on Israeli targets since the day in September 1993 when the Israelis signed a peace accord with the Palestinians. The 20th time fanatical Palestinians sought to kill and maim as many Israelis as they and their weapons could reach. The 20th time men opposed to peace have tried to drown the process in pools of blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALBRIGHT: CAN SHE HELP? | 9/15/1997 | See Source »

...Patients were grotesquely disfigured by the surgical removal of facial cancers or had legs amputated because of vascular disease caused by cigarette addiction. Many of these veterans told me their first cigarettes were courtesy of the military while they were in the service. How ironic that war did not maim or kill these men but that cigarettes did and will. NORA MARTIN VETTO Phoenix, Ariz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 21, 1997 | 7/21/1997 | See Source »

While Dartboard tried to make its list as inclusive as possible, we apologize to anyone we have neglected to maim...

Author: By Adam J. Levitin, | Title: COLUMNS WE COULD HAVE WRITTEN, BUT DIDN'T | 2/22/1997 | See Source »

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