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Dates: during 1990-1999
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For Bush, the critical moment came last week when he flunked a pop quiz from a Boston television reporter by failing to name the leaders of countries like India and Pakistan. Bush argued in defense that the names are less relevant than his policies toward them. But the quiz was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Primary Questions | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

And Forbes can stay on Bush's case until the end with enough money to buy TV ads--enough to buy a TV network--if he wants to. He's shown he will spend from his $450 million fortune what it takes. According to the New York Times, he has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Next: The Forbes Bump | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

His premonition came disastrously true. Half an hour after lifting off from New York City en route to Cairo, the Boeing 767-300 ER dropped from 33,000 to 16,700 ft. in less than 40 sec., hurtling downward at nearly the speed of sound. For a moment, the plane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Out of Thin Air | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

It was 4:30 p.m. Friday when an Antitrust Division lawyer called from the courthouse, a hot-off-the-presses copy of the Microsoft decision in his hands. "What does it say?" asked an eager Joel Klein, head of the division, who was waiting in his conference room with the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Microsoft Enjoys Monopoly Power... | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

If you're scoring at home, you can write Microsoft Corp. next to Standard Oil and AT&T on your list of the 20th century's great monopolies. When the Justice Department squared off against Bill Gates & Co. in a Washington courtroom, it was no secret that things went badly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Microsoft Enjoys Monopoly Power... | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

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