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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even if they can write a seven-page paper inunder two hours while funneling Milwaukee's bestand smoking a refer, you can't, he said. In fact,no one can. No matter what they say. And they'llsay a lot, my brother assured...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: That Problem Set Doesn't Really Matter Much | 7/3/1992 | See Source »

...conflict" is Falklander shorthand for the war between Britain and Argentina that ended 10 years ago this month after rocking the windy, 160- mile-wide archipelago of 778 islands for 74 days. The "changes" refer to the spurt of postwar economic development that has transformed this once depressed South Atlantic outpost into the wealthiest enclave in the hemisphere. Last week former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher received a hero's welcome as she touched down in the Falklands to celebrate the anniversary of the military victory. The warm welcome no doubt included a dollop of gratitude for the current economic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fortress Falklands Strikes It Rich | 6/22/1992 | See Source »

...April. First, he tried to make his way to Germany, where a generous asylum law enables refugees to stay for an extended period. But the Austrians wouldn't let Becirovic and his family across their border without German visas. Then he turned to Western embassies in Zagreb. "The Americans refer me to their embassy in Vienna, but I can't get there without a visa," he says. He has run up against the same problem with the Swiss and British. There was a bright moment when he secured a visa from the Swedes -- but once Bosnia received Western recognition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Land of Slaughter | 6/8/1992 | See Source »

...partly because people want to get out there on some narrow issue and turn it into a 30-second ad. We've spent hours and hours on legislation, amendments, that are really designed to create 30-second ads. Third is the Balkanization of Congress. When you've got to refer a bill to nine separate committees on the House side -- the energy bill is going to seven or nine committees -- I mean, how do you ever get through the process? And finally, we are suffering from a lack of presidential leadership as well. The Congress is not the Executive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Smith Leaves Washington | 6/8/1992 | See Source »

Chief Johnson said this week that security supervisors have been in structed to refer all questions to him. Steiner ahs not responded to repeated requests for phone interviews on this subject for the last two days. And University attorney Diane B. Patrick, who performed an investigation of the allegations, has refused comment...

Author: By Joe Mathews, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Guards Divide Over Bias | 6/4/1992 | See Source »

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