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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to the research, married couples' assessment of the quality of their marriage starts to sink rapidly just after the "I do" and continues downward through the first four years. The quality of marriage plateaus after that first dip and then declines again during years eight, nine and 10--the "seven-year itch" part. Couples reported that the presence of children is, not surprisingly, a considerable stress on a marriage; the research states that having children at home prevented married couples from maintaining "positive illusions about their relationships...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Positive Illusions | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...including a comet and a volcanic eruption on the Mediterranean island of Santorini. The most ingenious effort is an ecological domino theory proposed in the 1950s by a scholar named Greta Hort: the Nile's many tributaries flood, infesting the great river with blood-red soil from the high plateaus and reddish micro-organisms usually confined to up-country lakes. These micro-organisms poison the fish, whose rotting bodies pollute the frogs' habitats, forcing them to hop onto dry land. Insects (gnats, flies) feeding on the dead fish proliferate and convey the anthrax that eventually infects livestock (pestilence) and humans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search Of Moses | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

...current strategy of See Evil, Hear Evil, Speak No Evil prevails, Republicans must be prepared for the possibility that Clinton's approval ratings will continue to hit Reagan-like plateaus. Further, by remaining silent, Republicans risk sacrificing their claim to leadership of the Moral Majority/family values wing of the party. The squandering of this opportunity could set-off a Bible-thumping revolt in the big tent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scandalous Wishes | 2/13/1998 | See Source »

Feaster's career achievements are nothing short of astounding. She is one of only four players to surpass the 1000-point and 500-rebound plateaus in their Harvard careers, and she accomplished the feat as a mere junior, reaching the latter mark during her sophomore campaign...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: Women's Cagers' Charlie Horse | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

...Mexico has the fifth-largest land area in the U.S., and its culture is as expansive as its mountains and high plateaus. More than most states, it is a combination of high-profile extremes: trendy settlers are moving to the towns east of Santa Fe, living in the same kind of adobe buildings that housed the Pueblo Indians hundreds of years before Europeans set foot on this continent. Now artists share the land with the scientists at Los Alamos, and there is a larger percentage of Hispanic people there--38%--than in any other state. Politically, the state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: NEW MEXICO | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

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