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In 1980, China's economic reforms began putting enough money in people's pockets to enable even peasants like Zhenbing's parents to buy coal. Today coal supplies 73% of China's energy, and there is enough beneath the country to last an additional 300 years at current consumption rates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will We Run Out Of Gas? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

There remain pockets of poor Cantabrigians, many of them longtime residents of the city. And the city is densely populated, with little green space.

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder and Edward B. Colby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Slow Shift to Center Continues; Healy May Be on Way Out | 11/3/1999 | See Source »

But the play-offs--sorry, Bud--do enable the Lords of Baseball to count the additional money that jingles in their pockets and, in vintage years like this one, allow the rest of us to be reminded how thrilling the old game can be. This year's were as good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's Best? Play Ball | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

CAN ROTTWEILERS DO HEROIN-CHIC? Over-stuffed by our own indulgences, have we begun to pamper our dogs too much? Doggie dress-up is getting big, and not just for Halloween. Charities also seem to think the way to patrons' pockets is through their pooches. Next week on the doggie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Y2K9 | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

WEDNESDAY Dogs in Carolina Herrera, Kate Spade and Todd Oldham do the catwalk (at New York City's Kit Kat Klub, of course) for AIDS charity DIFFA and pets.com Highlight: pet ensembles with pockets for human cell phones.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Y2K9 | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

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