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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...That's laughable," says Louis Slesin, editor of Microwave News, who has followed the flap since it broke in 1993. "When Carlo's research money ran out, they weren't going to fund more studies. Suddenly, he has this civic responsibility to tell the 'truth' about findings that go against the interests of those who hired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cell-Phone Scare | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...Miss Ellen," the eminent 89-year-old philanthropist, was the eighth. First was Italian stage actress Eleanora Duse, whose portrait ran on the July 30, 1923, issue. The cover story, a little over one column long (not unusual in those days), noted, "She preferred to make entrances unnoticed in the crowd, suddenly to step forward and carry the play away with the splendor of her fervor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Patrick Smith's Mailbag | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

That isn't an ad for a 12-step program for workaholics. It's an act of employer desperation. Steve Loegering, president and CEO of Loegering Manufacturing, ran the pitch to attract workers to his firm in Casselton, N.D., 20 miles west of Fargo, in what Loegering jokingly labels the state's "tropical corner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Struggling With Success | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

Though both came from "good" homes, the girl lied, shoplifted, ran away from home and had no friends. An indifferent student, the boy swung between anger and lethargy. He ate to the point of obesity, couldn't hold a job, engaged in petty thievery, lied and also had no friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Telling Right From Wrong | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...this campaign, though, he decided not to sound wonky--which is probably a mistake if you are, in fact, a wonk. Instead of posing, Gore might follow Gray Davis. As California's Lieutenant Governor, Davis was in a similar bind--second banana, dull, familiar. Instead of feigning charisma, Davis ran for Governor last year as, well, dull and experienced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Search for Authenticity | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

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