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...malls, not even a McDonald's or a Wal-Mart. In fact, business in Lake Providence, Louisiana, is so bad that even the pawnshop has shut down. "The only recreation we have," says a resident, "is poor people's fun: drinking, drugs, fighting and sex." Restless teenagers mill around narrow streets lined with burned-out houses and dilapidated trailer parks. "We've got all the problems they have in New York and Chicago, but nothing to fight them with," says Mayor James W. Brown Jr. If there is a poorer place in America, the Census Bureau cannot find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Poorest Place In America | 8/15/1994 | See Source »

...shift in public opinion has forced the Administration to narrow its goals. Last week Clinton publicly signaled his willingness to compromise on his central objective -- health-care coverage for 100% of the population. "You've got to get somewhere in the ballpark of 95 or upwards," he said. "I'm quite open on that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Flat Out | 8/1/1994 | See Source »

...think Stillman should have stayed with a narrow scope like he did in "Metropolitan." In "Barcelona" he spreads over too many incongruous issues and never resolves them. In the end, you walk away not knowing, and really not caring what happened in the film...

Author: By G. WILLIAM Winborn, | Title: 'Metropolitan' Doesn't Work Abroad | 7/29/1994 | See Source »

Over the year, Marsden said, he was able to further refine his calculations until he was able to narrow down the span of the event to within a few minutes...

Author: By Marion B. Gammill, | Title: Harvard Scientists Predicted Comet | 7/26/1994 | See Source »

HARRISON SCHMITT served a single term as a Republican Senator from New Mexico before suffering a narrow defeat in 1982; his opponent's campaign slogan was, "What on Earth has he ever done?" Now based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he is an independent consultant in science, technology and public policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Neil Armstrong, You've Just Walked on the Moon -- What Are You Going to Do Now? | 7/25/1994 | See Source »

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