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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This is where my past and Goodman's intersect. I have dodged mortar shells in Bosnia and once kissed a photo of Saddam Hussein on orders from Iraqi soldiers, but never have I been more terrified than on a lovely day in May 1988, with Goodman at my side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oscar Goodman: A Lawyer to Wiseguys Would Rule Sin City | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

...both the Coop and its brick-and-mortar competitors have been forced to regroup and to adapt their business strategies to the changing climate...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Square Bookstores Struggle to Compete With On-line Vendors | 4/21/1999 | See Source »

...both the Coop and its brick-and-mortar competitors have been forced to regroup and to adapt their business strategies to the changing climate...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Virtual Insanity: Square Bookstores Struggle to Compete With Online Vendors | 4/21/1999 | See Source »

...INTEREST If you don't really care about ever walking into an actual bank building, consider online banks, which are now offering better rates and lower fees than many bricks-and-mortar versions, plus access to ATMs. Both NetBank, which last week said it had signed up 8,000 new customers in the first quarter (bringing its total to near 25,000), and Telebank offer about 3% on checking. That compares with an average of .95% at most U.S. banks and thrifts. Meanwhile, money-market accounts, many of which offer checking privileges, pay a healthy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Money: Apr. 19, 1999 | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...dozen protesters after 300 people stormed barricades to attack Hi Tek during Tet, the Vietnamese New Year. Some activists vowed to set themselves on fire, emulating the suicidal monks of the 1960s. Last week's larger but more peaceful crowd chanted slogans criticizing Tran as the sounds of mortar blasts and machine-gun fire boomed from loudspeakers. An elaborate shrine of candles, flowers and incense rests in front of two mock coffins bearing American and Vietnamese war victims. All that's missing is food vendors. Nope. Here comes someone hawking doughnuts and soymilk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Brought Back Ho Chi Minh | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

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