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...People would come in and put out lighted cigarettes in our hair and down our back, pour hot water on us and try to pull us off our stools," he said. "But we didn't fight back. Non-violence became a way of life...

Author: By Robert K. Silverman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rep. Lewis Recounts Civil Rights Movement | 11/10/1998 | See Source »

...Winfrey's movie version of Toni Morrison's soul-searing novel. Both productions were excellent, but it's not exactly news that slavery was a horrible crime. I wish we could throw as much energy and emotion into solving the gritty racial problems that we face today as we pour into condemning the sins of the past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Enough About Slavery | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

...military continues to pour billions of dollars into weapons that may be needed eventually but are not needed at the moment. The Navy wants to spend more than $2 billion a copy for a new class of 30 attack submarines even as it scraps dozens of existing attack subs, many designed to stay at sea another decade. The Air Force is dispatching hundreds of fully functional warplanes to its Arizona boneyard while it pays $188 million apiece for 339 single-seat F-22 warplanes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Generals Go Shopping | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

...fact the Crimson were down only 20-14 for much of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth. But in the fourth the defensive line tired noticeably, as the Ted Raiders began to pour...

Author: By Richard A. Perez, | Title: In the Line of Fire | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

Suddenly the project took on a new urgency. The researchers concluded that the surge from a Category 4 storm would put John F. Kennedy International Airport under 20 ft. of water. Seawater would pour through the Holland and Brooklyn-Battery tunnels and into the city's subways throughout lower Manhattan. The flooding would be especially disastrous if people seeking to escape torrential rains and falling debris were to take shelter in subway stations. The report didn't estimate casualties, but observed that storms "that would present low to moderate hazards in other regions of the country could result in heavy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Waiting For Hurricane X | 9/7/1998 | See Source »

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