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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Yergin, president of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, received recognition this week for his narrative history. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power...

Author: By Tamar A. Shapiro, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Yergin Receives Pulitzer Prize | 4/11/1992 | See Source »

LANCTOT:I think it's like that--we'realternative, but they always box us in with thecheese --and most of our fine brothers and sistersare cheese. But its' our quest to stay in thehummos section

Author: By J. C. Herz, | Title: BOSTON'S MOST ECCENTRIC | 4/9/1992 | See Source »

History does not record if the band of nauseated Forty-Niners eventually reached California or how they fared in their quest. Yet on that day long ago in Nevada, they had already struck gold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nature's Time Capsules | 4/6/1992 | See Source »

...organized a private commando operation that rescued two EDS employees from a prison in Iran. The adventure was memorialized in the best-selling thriller On Wings of Eagles. Given his record of stirring things up, it is not so surprising that Perot, 61, has embarked on a wild-card quest for the presidency. His self-appointed mission is to restore power to average people. "The reason our system of government is not working very well right now is that the ordinary person in our country, the owner, has abdicated his responsibilities as owner," Perot explains. "The people in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Plutocratic Populist | 4/6/1992 | See Source »

...fans should provide a gentle nudge into retirement if they linger too long. After all of the tremendous performances turned in by Bird over the years, it seems almost barbaric to place the burden of carrying a team upon an aging star in what seems to be a futile quest for another world championship. Give the guy a break and accept the fact that the Celtics are definitely headed for the netherworld of mediocre teams who win most of their games at home and lose most on the road...

Author: By John L.S. Simpkins, | Title: Say Goodbye to Fading Stars | 4/3/1992 | See Source »

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