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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lawmaking: pork barrels, partisanship, gridlock and the refusal of individuals to occasionally heed their consciences instead of their parties. It is why smart men like Bill Bradley and Sam Nunn and Warren Rudman gave up on the Senate entirely, and why McCain can't seem to get a thing past Trent Lott. America seems to agree with him, but it may be long past trusting anyone in office to do anything about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign-Finance Reform vs. Big Bucks: How They'll Play in 2000 | 7/9/1999 | See Source »

...supporters and opponents," says TIME Central Europe bureau reporter Dejan Anastasijevic. "Then he?ll step forward, playing on the fear of civil war in Serbia, and present himself as the only person capable of ensuring peace. It?s the strategy he?s pursued throughout the region over the past decade, only now he?s applying it at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slobo to Opponents: Let's Take This Outside | 7/8/1999 | See Source »

...enough for you? Some say the world will end in fire, a view that seemed to gain traction during the past few days as upper-90-degree heat turned the nation into one giant Easy-Bake oven and everyone ran for cover from the sweltering sky. The remedies? Stay out of the sun, for goodness' sake, drink plenty of water -- and pray for rain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Photo Essay: America Swelters | 7/6/1999 | See Source »

...past midnight when the film ended, but neither of them moved. Kidman, on strict voice rest for her Broadway show, The Blue Room, madly scribbled notes to her husband; then they sat and watched it again. "The first time, we were in shock," Kidman recalls. "The second time, I thought, 'Wow!' It's going to be controversial. I'm proud of the film and that period of my life. It was my obsession, our obsession, for two or three years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Three Of a Kind | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

...under the impression a century covered 100 years. Yet TIME seems to think the past 10 are the most important. I should have known the issue would be a silly, pointless exercise when a world-famous artist, Robert Rauschenberg, taped together some file photos and called it a cover! I hope he had the good grace to donate his fee to charity. CHARLES GLASBERG New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 5, 1999 | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

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