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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There are no easy answers to such objections. But for most of us, they will remain in the background so long as--during its journey from sacrament to science experiment to possible nostrum--forgiveness becomes neither a foregone conclusion nor an obligation, but remains a mystery within the heart of the forgiver. Only then will people like Mitchell Wright feel free to continue their struggles. Wright knows that far from being the recourse of wimps, forgiveness is the hardest course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should All Be Forgiven? | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

Orlistat is not the only weight-loss nostrum to target the mass market lately. Last year the FDA approved Redux, a drug that controls appetite by boosting levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin, producing a sort of chemically induced illusion of being full. A similar medication, sibutramine, is expected to be approved soon. Both drugs have side effects, however, including fatigue and insomnia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIET IN A PILL | 5/26/1997 | See Source »

...urges a balanced budget by 1998 (1)--achieved while limiting spending to four percent during that time--as well as a favored, if ineffective, Republican nostrum: eliminating the federal capital gains...

Author: By Lorraine Lezama, | Title: Masters Of The Universe | 10/25/1994 | See Source »

...maneuvering was an introduction to the three-way politics likely to dominate the presidential race. Bush seized on the nostrum to divert attention from the $1 trillion in red ink added to the deficit during his presidency. Presumptive Democratic nominee Bill Clinton opposed it. But the pivotal factor may have been independent Ross Perot, who attacked the balanced-budget amendment as "an excuse not to do anything." (See related story on page...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Excuses | 6/22/1992 | See Source »

...American people, while painting Clinton as just another glad-handing Governor willing to pander to the voters with giveaways. That is why Tsongas, the candidate of pain -- both economic and personal -- zings Clinton over his advocacy of a middle-class tax cut, a ! popular, but economically questionable, nostrum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democrats: Where Do They Go from Here? | 3/2/1992 | See Source »

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