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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tired of living in a metropolitan area and moved to a small town just north of Sacramento. Here, excluding the fast-food jobs, etc., there is no work beyond low-level labor and self-employment. And even though there is no "job explosion" here, many of us prefer to live in a more decent, friendly and respectful environment and not in cities. JOHN LASTER Auburn, California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 17, 1997 | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

...American carries 220,000 passengers daily or 20 percent of the nation's air traffic. Pilots gasped at the political intervention. Said James Sovich, president of the Allied Pilots Association amid cheers by union members: "There is no deal, there is no contract, there is no labor peace. I prefer that it not have occurred." In an edgy dig at Clinton, he added that most American pilots are Vietnam war veterans who naturally will obey their commander-in-chief. At the core of the dispute are plans by American to staff its commuter feeder routes with employees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Back To Business | 2/16/1997 | See Source »

...would like to think that we've agreed in a very significant way to mutually prefer an alternative to a [health care benefits] cut," Yaeger said...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade, | Title: Union Ratifies Joint Agreement Preventing Cuts | 2/15/1997 | See Source »

...dangerous. The possibility we have yet to grapple with is that our cautious technology may have denuded sexuality of its mystique and, concomitantly, some of its excitement. That probably means that we can look forward to many more Valentine's Day posters and condom celebrations. I think I'd prefer flowers...

Author: By Talia Milgrom-elcott, | Title: Sexuality Denuded | 2/14/1997 | See Source »

...American carries 220,000 passengers daily or 20 percent of the nation's air traffic. Pilots gasped at the political intervention. Said James Sovich, president of the Allied Pilots Association amid cheers by union members: "There is no deal, there is no contract, there is no labor peace. I prefer that it not have occurred." In an edgy dig at Clinton, he added that most American pilots are Vietnam war veterans who naturally will obey their commander-in-chief. At the core of the dispute are plans by American to staff its commuter feeder routes with employees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Back To Business | 2/14/1997 | See Source »

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