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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Spend a few minutes analyzing Hurwitz and it's easy to see why he doesn't care. As it happens, he is neck deep in U.S. claims resulting from the $1.6 billion collapse of a Texas savings and loan he controlled. There was talk of a "debt-for-nature" swap involving Hurwitz' redwoods and the litigation, but banking regulators wouldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FIGHTING FOR THE FORESTS | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

...reason that higher seats are better is one of physiology. When we look down, our eyes seem to close and our chins drop--incidentally, the same pose as a sleeper. Also, since craning one's neck upwards is uncomfortable, professors usually just look at the first few rows in rooms that have a steep slope (and I don't mean the grading curve). On the other hand, if the professor is on a raised stage, it's obvious who's sleeping and who's not. It's about impossible to sleep with you neck raised upwards, and even...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How to Sleep in Class | 10/12/1996 | See Source »

...portraits of his wife, O'Keeffe (1917-1937). Applying a knowing eye yet avoiding any familiar pithiness, Stieglitz brings out the distinctions of O'Keeffe's personality just enough for us to be curious for more. Now from a side view, now with her hands placed carefully to her neck, O'Keeffe's face across her life lies before...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stieglitz, Urban Dreamer, In New Exhibit At MFA | 10/10/1996 | See Source »

...them descending the chapel's simple wooden steps, John kissing the hand of his beaming bride. They walked over to a nearby fence, and Bessette stood next to Kennedy with her arms around him. Then she felt a tug on her bouquet. A wild horse had stretched its neck over the fence and was nibbling the flowers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BY GEORGE, HE GOT MARRIED! | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

AILING. SEYMOUR CRAY, 71, the Thomas Edison of the supercomputer; after suffering a broken neck and severe head injuries in a highway crash; in Colorado Springs, Colorado...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Oct. 7, 1996 | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

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