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...high after Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha, disclosed that he had taken a major shine to the metal and bought up 129.7 million oz. of the stuff. That amounts to 37% of the world's aboveground stock of raw silver, according to the CPM group, a commodities and precious-metals consulting firm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buffett's Silver Streak | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

Will Hunting and his girlfriend have a late night snack at the Tasty (perhaps the last time that precious relic was captured on film), and Robin William's psychiatrist works at Bunker Hill Community College. The MIT dome looms prominently, and the Lowell House bell tower makes a brief but pivotal appearance. Having seen the film, we look at these buildings with a new eye, our hangouts and homes having become celebrities of sorts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hunting for Cambridge | 2/12/1998 | See Source »

...order to have something to boast about to her Pentagon pals--feminists have plenty of reasons to be incensed about the gender dynamics of the Clinton White House. We're talking about a workplace where any young woman with a sufficiently tartlike demeanor could reportedly enjoy the President's precious attentions, along with the career-counseling services of his closest friends. Meanwhile, who pays attention to all the other, harder-working and no doubt more productive interns whose hair is short and necklines are high? The feminist idea, as I understood it, was that we go to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week Feminists Got Laryngitis | 2/9/1998 | See Source »

PARIS: Fate was brutally unkind that August night when it brought Princess Diana to the French capital. It saddled her not only with a reckless, daredevil drunk-driver, but also an emergency care system that -- by wasting precious time treating her at the scene, instead of rushing her to the hospital -- proved disastrous for dealing with her type of injury. So say TIME Paris bureau chief Tom Sancton and Middle East Correspondent Scott MacLeod in their new book, Death of A Princess: The Investigation. In extracts published exclusively in TIME magazine, Sancton and MacLeod reveal how Diana's injury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Di's Death: The Investigation | 2/6/1998 | See Source »

...themes, moving in fresh directions after establishing a tone. Roni Size and Goldie have a lot in common: both of their new albums feature songs called Digital, both employ plenty of guest artists, and New Forms' soulful title track sounds like something from Goldie's debut. The most precious thing they share, however, is this: a willingness to court disaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Going for the Goldie | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

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