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...inevitably, the deejay would play "Lady in Red" or "Wonderful Tonight" or some other weepy teen dance tune, and I would have to roam the dance floor, pretending that I was looking for someone, or go hide in the bathroom until the song was over...

Author: By Victoria E.M. Cain, | Title: Let's Return To Third Grade | 2/14/1996 | See Source »

...times deeper than our own Grand Canyon, where water obviously flowed. The question is, What happened? What sort of catastrophic event finished life on that planet?" The remote-controlled Soujourner rover, no bigger than a microwave oven, will roll out of the Pathfinder lander on six wheels and roam the planet inspecting rocks and weather for up to 30 days. The Smithsonian Institution in Washington plans to issue a daily Martian weather report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Today's Low: a Chilly 200 Degrees Below Zero | 2/1/1996 | See Source »

...entire White House would be a no-smoking zone as long as her husband was President. This means heavy smokers such as Armey had to slip out to the Rose Garden colonnade for a smoking break. If that were not indignity enough, Armey does not have a pass to roam around the West Wing. So whenever he ducked out of the meetings, he needed an escort to make sure the guards didn't shoot him on sight. At one point, Clinton's economic adviser, Gene Sperling, had Armey duty; another time a Secret Service agent warned the majority leader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUDGET: THE INNER GAME | 1/15/1996 | See Source »

PORNOGRAPHY IN CYBERSPACE? Sure, it's out there, although there is not as much of the hard-core stuff as most people seem to think. But what you can find if you look for it is enough to give thoughtful parents pause before letting their children roam freely on the Internet. It's also enough, evidently, to ensure congressional passage of a bill that would impose fines as high as $100,000 and prison sentences of up to two years on anyone who knowingly exposes minors to "indecency" online. It may even be enough to make the proposed legislation seem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUZZLING THE INTERNET | 12/18/1995 | See Source »

Thompson may not get his wish--and the spills and explosions are likely to occur farther and farther north of the border. The poorly supervised Mexican trucks already roam a 15-mile zone in southern Texas. On Dec. 18, under provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement, Mexican trucks will gain free access to U.S. highways in border states, just as U.S. trucks will have access to Mexico's northern highways. It's an aspect of NAFTA that is prompting second thoughts. Pro-NAFTA Texas Attorney General Dan Morales warns that unless the Federal Government takes action, there will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BURNING UP THE ROAD | 12/11/1995 | See Source »

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