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...accepting the dictates of a meritocracy chosen from society's best and brightest. When the technocrats decreed that the economy needed vast amounts of capital to invest in development, the citizens did not protest, even when cajoled into saving upwards of a fifth of their incomes. On this ocean of funds, the economic mandarins launched one industrial battleship after another, directing banks to back companies in industries that offered the most potential for growth. Profits be damned too--market share was the goal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MYTH OF THE MIRACLE | 12/8/1997 | See Source »

...Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait. U.S. officials offered TIME conflicting assessments of whether Riyadh would agree to harbor F-117 Stealth fighters and other attack planes. Pentagon sources considered it likely; State Department officials weren't so sanguine. Heavy B-52 bombers will be based on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, a British territory on loan to the U.S., and B-1s will probably fly out of Bahrain, Qatar or the United Arab Emirates. Says Army General Hugh Shelton, the new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: "We're confident that we have the capability to carry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FACING DOWN A DESPOT | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...full, pure sound that would occur by set's end, the venue at first threatened to crumble up the concert and slam-dunk it in the trash: during a thrillingly explosive opener, "Ocean Size," the first crowd rush collapsed the plainly insufficient band cage. The crowd--a mixture of 12-year-olds impersonating 15-year-olds, 15-year-olds imitating 21-year-olds and the walking braindead successfully being themselves--moaned and groaned at the subsequent 45-minute delay as a new cage was assembled. Woe betide the band that starts a concert thus; momentum at this point would have...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A New Addiction: Fumbling Toward Ecstasy | 11/21/1997 | See Source »

Autumn also means less daylight. Skin just doesn't have that bronzed, sun-kissed look about it any more. Remedies include Kiss My Face honey and calendula moisturizer ($3.99), Apple Cider Vinegar Toner ($4.75) and even Ocean Potion Sea Clay Mud Pack ($9.10) for the tired complexion. To complete the look with white teeth, buy Tom's of Maine natural baking soda toothpaste ($3.39). Finally, if Citystep didn't help you catch that hottie from section, another option is Ecco Bella's Venetian Night Erotic Aromatherapy...

Author: By Alexandra B. Haggiag, | Title: Absolutely No Preservatives | 11/20/1997 | See Source »

Moreover, global warming is about general planetary warming but is perfectly useless when it comes to making reliable predictions about regional effects, such as waters warming in one area of the Pacific Ocean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EL NINO AND US: HELL, HIGH WATER AND HYPE | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

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