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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with so much less time to do what he believes must be accomplished. The Pope, under strict orders from his physician, must take a half-hour after- lunch nap. After that he exercises by walking along the Apostolic Palace's rooftop terrace while reciting the rosary and reading his breviary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Paul II : Lives of the Pope | 12/26/1994 | See Source »

...none other than Fidel Castro's younger brother Raul. For the party's 500,000 card-carrying members, the uncut footage of Raul traversing Cuba from Santiago de Cuba to Pinar del Rio, chronicling political and economic woes, is a must see. And despite the occasional urge to nap, viewers exit stunned and uncertain what it portends for Cuba's future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raul Castro: Fidel's Brother Sets Up Shop | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

...complain about some early morning Chem lectures to these dames. They can't take a nap and go by the lecture notes...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: F. Hockey to Face Top 20 Foes | 10/5/1994 | See Source »

...Tarantino, who made the sanguinary Reservoir Dogs, wrote the script and directed the film at a hurtling pace, displaying a steely assurance in his storytelling and a gift for placing scary violence at unexpected moments. When the film was shown, it was as if Tarantino were telling Cannes, "O.K., nap time is over. Now, pay attention, and I'll show you how it's done. Here's why they're called moving pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saturday Night Fever | 6/6/1994 | See Source »

...just when you thought it was safe to take a nap, comes a third version. Body Snatchers, as the story is called this time, is smart and spooky. It cleverly twists the plot so the lonely hero battling the pods is now a plucky, skeptical teenage girl. And it expands on the theme of emotional isolation until it embraces, and then nearly annihilates, the whole postnuclear family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sleepless and Skedaddle | 2/14/1994 | See Source »

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