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Dates: during 1990-1999
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President Khatami is in a bind. Two days day after Iran?s moderate president warned that further democracy protests would not be tolerated, the streets of Tehran are firmly in the hands of militia bands sent by Iran's conservative clerical leaders to crush the pro-democracy protest movement, while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iranian Clerics: O.K., We've Had Enough | 7/14/1999 | See Source »

Smart tyrants know they?re in trouble when tens of thousands of unarmed demonstrators suddenly lose their fear of the security forces. And when 10,000 students fought a sixth day of pitched battles against riot police in Tehran Tuesday despite dire warnings against demonstrating, Iran?s leaders ? who themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is History Going to Repeat Itself in Iran? | 7/13/1999 | See Source »

"Iran?s students are the children of the technocratic elite who keep the country running," says TIME correspondent William Dowell, who covered the 1979 revolution from Tehran. "Attacking them could deepen the crisis and even unite the population against Khameini. And if the protest movement expands, it can?t be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is History Going to Repeat Itself in Iran? | 7/13/1999 | See Source »

Here's the pitch: capitalism thrives on the reduction of friction, and the Web is the most effective friction reducer since the assembly line. The dot-com revolution hit first for consumers; as soon as Amazon, for instance, put millions of discount books within buying reach of anyone with a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next E-volution | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

Yet there is a longer-term takeaway that is much more important for you to understand. So much of the do-it-yourself financial revolution that has gripped this country is incredibly positive. The combination of cheap commissions and readily available information has empowered individuals to take better care of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I'm Getting Fed Up | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

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