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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WASHINGTON: Uncle Sam -- or at least his tenacious economic expansion -- needs YOU. And it looks as if you're letting him down. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that retail sales rose a minuscule 0.2 percent in August -- a sign that consumer spending, the main underpinning of the U.S. economy's continued strength amid a world of troubles, is slowing down. "The increase barely kept up with inflation," says TIME business reporter Bernard Baumohl. "Clearly, consumers are beginning to pare back their spending...
...better politician than that. But never mind. He stopped the bloodletting for now. When the Starr report comes, if it is as damning and detailed as expected, the drama of when and how much he would apologize will be seen as an insignificant sideshow. The main event may be so devastating that no matter how sorry he is, the Comeback Kid will have no comeback...
...This 1913 Beaux Arts gem is one of America's grandest buildings. But it had fallen into neglect and clutter. Now architects Beyer Blinder Belle have brought back its luster. They reopened walkways, top right, and restored the ethereal ceiling over the main concourse, left. Upscale businesses like Michael Jordan's steak house, bottom, add new sparkle. When: Official rededication...
...Wonderland Club took its name from Lewis Carroll and its alleged clientele from Main Street, U.S.A.--including an engineer from Portland, Maine, a scientist in New Britain, Conn. Other suspected members lived in sleepy towns like Broken Arrow, Okla.; Lawrence, Kans.; and Kennebunk, Maine. And just as the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland had a scandalous predilection for photographing half-clad little girls, these seemingly solid citizens--and as many as 200 other men (and a few women) who belonged to Wonderland--shared an unspeakable secret: the codes to a dark channel in cyberspace. After a raid coordinated...
...expect them not to run into trouble. That's like dropping your kids off at the playground at 7 a.m. and not coming back till 7 p.m. Anything can happen to them." As Operation Cheshire Cat shows, there are monsters hiding in plain sight, right in the middle of Main Street...