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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...test flight of a spacecraft designed to carry passengers into Earth orbit. The Shenzhou, China's answer to the Apollo capsule, is based on the design of the Russian Soyuz, and the Russians are also helping to construct the life support system and to train the Chinese "taikonauts." China may be able to conduct a manned flight as early as next fall, and officials have even speculated about possibly sending someone to the moon within 10 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That's One Small Step for China... | 11/21/1999 | See Source »

...happened during the meeting; the Log Cabin Republicans have asked for a clarification. Bush has so far managed to pull off the enviable political sleight-of-hand of remaining vague enough on several key issues that Republicans with widely differing views could still support him. The Log Cabin logjam may change that, and force W. to take a side he didn't really want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George W. Gets a Case of Log Cabin Fever | 11/21/1999 | See Source »

Traveling all the way to Texas, the farthest road trip the Crimson is scheduled to make this year, to start the season against some strong opponents may not appear to be in the best interest of a young team. But Delaney-Smith thinks the exact opposite...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Basketball Heads to Lone Star State | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

...Burton returns to more twisted territories with Sleepy Hollow. Working once again with Depp, who this time steps into the role of the idiosyncratic Ichabod Crane (now a detective and not, as readers of the original tale may recall, a schoolteacher), Burton's film looks like yet another plunge into unique style, his personal fantasies that are always so entertaining to the rest of the world. One of the few directors who can be said to have a "stable" of actors (including Depp, Jeffrey Jones and Lisa Marie, among others), Burton has made a name for himself through blockbusters that...

Author: By Jason F. Clarke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Weird, Weird World: A Burton Backtrack | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

...students. So even though, as Gwynne emphasizes, the bonfire construction is far from a haphazard procedure, - a faculty member supervises the construction and engineers stop by the site - it's human nature to hunger for an explanation for tragedy. And in this case, tradition, no matter how long-standing, may not be enough of an answer for anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas Tradition May Be a Disaster Waiting to Happen | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

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