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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...eight-count, but it could still win on points. Though student protesters have been driven back onto campus to pursue "legal and democratic" channels to express their grievances, the reform program of President Mohammed Khatami ? which the students wholeheartedly, if impatiently, support -- remains the key threat to the power of the mullahs. For political and economic reasons, they can?t afford to completely close down the troublesome reformer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Streets May Be Quiet, but Iran's Democracy Battle Continues | 7/23/1999 | See Source »

Back in 1948, Mao Zedong pooh-poohed U.S. military power as a "paper tiger"; half a century later the gibe may be rebounding. A week of furious saber rattling ? including the announcement of neutron-bomb capability and reports that the Chinese army was on full alert ? failed to deter Taiwan?s President Lee Teng-hui on Tuesday from reiterating his policy shift away from the "One China" concept toward "state-to-state" relations with Beijing. And as if Taiwan's thumbing its nose at Asia?s mightiest military power weren?t humiliation enough for Beijing, the Philippine navy on Tuesday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Neighbors Test China's New Tough-Guy Image | 7/20/1999 | See Source »

...power to her. Her bravado may even have a salutary effect. Perhaps the booters' out-front sexuality will prompt all their come-lately fans--girls and boys both--to reconsider what constitutes healthy, full-bodied femininity. Fit as fiddles, Chastain is 5 ft. 7 in. and 130 lbs., Scurry is 5 ft. 8 in. and 145 lbs., Foudy is 5 ft. 6 in. and 130 lbs., Akers is 5 ft. 10 in. and 150 lbs. There's no heroin chic in Babe City. Those, little Suzie, are role-model physiques...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Goodbye to Heroin Chic. Now It's Sexy to Be Strong | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

Bored with last Christmas' hot toy? Don't just toss him. After all, Furby has as much computing power as an Apple II. Some fun ideas from a growing group of Furby hackers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Refurbishing | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

...officials believe as much as 15 percent of the cocaine in the U.S. may be coming through it capital, Port-au-Prince. There is growing speculation that former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide could profit from the chaos: A total collapse may encourage his supporters to bring him back to power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: A Case of What Not to Do in Yugoslavia? | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

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