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Ironically, Washington's biggest problem right now may be Yeltsin himself. Despite public denials, Primakov seems to want Yeltsin's job--an ambition that has resulted in a quick pink slip for previous Prime Ministers. And while American policy-makers may find it frustrating to deal with Primakov, they are terrified of the alternatives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: Nuclear Winter | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

They arose chiefly from his opposition to nuclear weapons. After the first atom bombs were used, he began giving speeches expressing his concern that our nation's growing anticommunist fears were forcing us into an insane nuclear-weapons race. He was broadly labeled a pink, if not a red. J. Edgar Hoover personally pursued him, Senator McCarthy called him a security risk, and the State Department took away his passport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watson on Pauling | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

GREAT LAMINATE: For those who crave more '50s than Happy Days can provide, Temple, Texas, offers the Ralph Sr. and Sunny Wilson House. Built in 1959 by Wilson-Art's founder to show just how versatile his product could be, the house put pink and aqua laminate where none had gone before. Open to the public, this homage to plastic has just become a National Landmark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nostalgia | 3/22/1999 | See Source »

Today, controlling the spread of pink shaving cream is a the most important concern for the Botanic Garden caregivers. Four children in the middle age group are clustered around a bin filled with shaving cream tinted red with food coloring...

Author: By Jason M. Goins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Child's Garden | 3/11/1999 | See Source »

...scientists can find no clear-cut relationship between testosterone levels and aggressiveness. Angier reports that men's testosterone levels actually drop before certain challenges like parachuting or, to judge from Saving Private Ryan, landing at Normandy. So whatever the molecular motives of estrogen and testosterone, sorting hospital nurseries into pink and blue sections may not be foremost among them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Real Truth About The Female Body | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

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