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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...squads lobbed canisters of tear gas. Prosecutors hinted Wednesday that they would soon order police raids on a cathedral and other sites where union leaders are taking shelter. "If the workers do not stop their illegal strikes immediately, the government will act in a firm and resolute way to protect national security," senior prosecutor Choi Byong-kuk said, suggesting that the union leaders had ties with communist North Korea. But defiant labor leaders continue to talk tough. "We are prepared for a prolonged struggle and we are confident that public opinion is on our side," Kwon said. "As the head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sorry Doesn't Cut It | 1/16/1997 | See Source »

...many others that are more important? How many Undergraduate Council candidates have to run on a platform of "a lamp in every dorm" before we get some decent lighting? This money should go to programs like Safety Walk and self-defense courses, activities that prevent violence and protect students. On the most basic level, turning the library into a Motel 6 is a case of misplaced priorities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sleepless In Cabot | 1/6/1997 | See Source »

WASHINGTON: Perhaps the old saying that nobody should watch sausage being made, unless they really want to know what is in it, applies to commercially-raised beef. In an attempt to protect American consumers against Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, the Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday it is preparing to ban the use of animal parts in livestock feed. The measure is intended to erect a barrier which will help prevent any possible transmission of the illness from the feeding trough to the dinner table. "If we don't take preventive action today, we may regret it three to four years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FDA Acts on Mad Cow Disease | 1/2/1997 | See Source »

Here is what nobody has bothered to mention in all the talk about how V chips are going to protect our kids from the smut and violence on television: in most American households, the only people who understand how to program modern electronic devices are the children. So the V chip will presumably have to be managed by the very people it is meant to control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILD'S PLAY | 12/30/1996 | See Source »

...then, I could envision a younger version of Bennett Weber trying to block, say, programs that contained strong language and instead doing something that caused the set to transmit nothing but cooking shows. "Do something!" he says, turning to the child he's trying to protect. That child is Jeffrey at 14, who says, with a sly grin, "Don't worry, Pop. I'll take care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILD'S PLAY | 12/30/1996 | See Source »

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