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Few architects and developers have reshaped the American city as dramatically as John Portman has done in the past quarter-century. From the hulking Marriott Marquis hotel in Manhattan to the sprawling Embarcadero Center office % complex in San Francisco, Portman has left an imposing mark on urban skylines. But the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Downtown Blues | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

But the dilemma in both countries has the same cause: the heritage of empire. The non-Russian Soviet republics were absorbed by expansionist rulers in centuries past and never assimilated. Quebec became a part of Canada when British troops led by Major General James Wolfe defeated France's Marquis de...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada Designing The Future | 7/9/1990 | See Source »

BUT LOOK WHAT THE IRS PAYS FOR. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has cracked its regulatory whip at a descendant of the Marquis de Sade, an exporter of French champagne. The issue was not unfit bubbly but the bottle's label: a drawing of a nude woman with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grapevine: May 21, 1990 | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

But still, every act or failure to act brings criticism. John Root, a young New York City lawyer whose wife perished on Pan Am Flight 103, a bombing with a suspected link to Tehran, was incensed to hear Bush's "thanks" to Iran and Syria for their help in freeing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Crafting a No-Deal Deal | 5/14/1990 | See Source »

Brown [84]: Shelly Weaver 3-11 2-4 10; Betsy Stedman 0-0 0-0 0; Shonica Tunstall 9-15 3-3 22; Janet Firlings 0-4 0-0 0; Elaine Harper 1-3 0-0 2; Margaret Fuchs 2-7 3-4 7; Jinny Gill 3-6 0-0...

Author: By Angela M. Payne, | Title: It Was Just One of Those Days for W. Cagers | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

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