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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quite an exhausting process, this imitative inebriation. I can't imagine why anyone would want to go in for the real thing, what with all the vomiting and such. Give me a six-pack of Diet Coke...

Author: By Murad S. Hussain, | Title: A Teetotaler's Thoughts | 4/2/1998 | See Source »

What accounts for the difference is a number of factors. The depth of the disturbance in the ocean, for one. A wave that's 4 ft. high but projects its energy several hundred feet deep is going to pack more of a punch than a wave whose power is confined to the surface. Another critical variable is the shape of the ocean bottom. Surfing hot spots, or "breaks," are usually places where there is a sudden transition between deep water and shallow. Thus, as waves roll in, they are forced to leap up and over an underwater barrier. For example...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Winter Of Giant Waves | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

...industry," says TIME Washington correspondent Bruce Van Voorst. "It's a tactical move. The only haggling is between the hard-liners and the really hard-liners." The industry has already balked at one agreed-upon provision, a hike in the federal tax on cigarettes of $1.10 a pack by 2003, and as McCain and Co. hammer out provisions on liability protection, they do so knowing that the industry's demands are for far more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tobacco No-Deal | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

...sworn statements and allegations that will never make it into the Jones trial. Many of its revelations have been alleged or leaked before, and it contains no single blockbuster charge that will alter the outcome of the scandal. The President's lawyer Robert Bennett calls it "a pack of lies." It would be comforting to believe the matter is really that simple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Crisis: Kiss But Don't Tell | 3/23/1998 | See Source »

When substances this potent hit the sensory systems of a relatively unsophisticated animal, they pack a big behavioral wallop. Pheromones emitted by queen bees prevent other females from maturing sexually, ensuring that the queen's genes remain dominant. Among fish, scent markers released by females cause male sperm counts to quintuple overnight. When injured by a predator, some amphibians emit a compound that warns others of their species to keep out of harm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Following Our Noses | 3/23/1998 | See Source »

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