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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...careers, towns rebuilding their Main Streets, churches rethinking their missions--occurs well out of earshot of the nation's capital. Rarely does a town council think that Washington will provide any protection from or solution for its problems, a feeling confirmed by the spectacle of politicians bickering over flood relief and subpoena power. Even if they could get federal or state aid, Americans are wary of the baggage that would inevitably come with it. If you can't help us, goes the message to government, at least stay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BACKBONE OF AMERICA | 7/7/1997 | See Source »

Second, they would agree to provide aid and assistance, to come to the relief and to save the United Kingdom in any armed conflict or war sufficiently widefpread or intense to be termed "GREAT" or "WORLD...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUFTER THE TROOPS! | 7/7/1997 | See Source »

...marine life in the area. By early Thursday it covered an area of the bay about 9.4 miles by 11 miles and was moving westward, rather than north toward Tokyo. TIME's Satsuki Oba reports the news caused residents of the city to breathe an enormous sigh of relief. But not everyone was bursting with joy. Early this morning, a severed ox head was found on the front steps of the house where the tanker company president lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oil Spill Overestimated | 7/3/1997 | See Source »

With the tax bill squared away, the White House gets nervous WASHINGTON, D.C.: It was a very happy day on the Hill as Congressmen flush with funds from a surging economy got to play Santa in the form of a $135 billion tax cut package, the largest tax relief in more than a decade. Coming a day after the House overwhelmingly voted for its GOP-sponsored tax relief proposal, the White House is feeling the pressure to make a deal fast. Just minutes after the House bill passed the bill, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin was sequestered with chief House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christmas in June | 6/30/1997 | See Source »

With the tax bill squared away, the White House gets nervous WASHINGTON, D.C.: It was a very happy day on the Hill as Congressmen flush with funds from a surging economy got to play Santa in the form of a $135 billion tax cut package, the largest tax relief in more than a decade. Coming a day after the House overwhelmingly voted for its GOP-sponsored tax relief proposal, the White House is feeling the pressure to make a deal fast. Just minutes after the House bill passed the bill, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin was sequestered with chief House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christmas in June | 6/27/1997 | See Source »

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