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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...home for me when my mom wrote me a letter describing the family Thanksgiving dinner. It was not concerned with family togetherness and delicious turkey, but instead was the saga of an ornate Victoria's Secret bra. It seemed that Clare, who attends Wesleyan University in Connecticut, was very proud of her lingerie and had taken to flashing friends and family. To make a long story short, the bra journeyed from Clare to her little brother, somehow ended up in my seven-year-old cousin's room and was finally placed in my uncle's pocket...

Author: By Sara A. Bibel, | Title: You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman | 2/27/1992 | See Source »

...ozone story is a tragic saga of doubt and delay. Rowland recalls that for several months after his original ozone paper was published in 1974, "the reaction was zilch." It was not until 1978 that the U.S., but not most other countries, banned the use of CFCs in hair sprays and other aerosols. Not until the Antarctic ozone hole was confirmed in 1985 did nations get serious about curbing all uses of CFCs. By now as many as 20 million tons of these potent chemicals have been pumped into the atmosphere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ozone Vanishes And not just over the South Pole | 2/17/1992 | See Source »

Original MovieTone newsreel footage reinforces the film's credibility as a forties saga. Seltzer fades from black and white into color at the beginning of several scenes, providing an effective juxtaposition...

Author: By Sarah E. Funke, | Title: A Dim but Darling Spy | 2/6/1992 | See Source »

...saga of Nick & Nora, which played full-price previews for a near record nine weeks while its creators struggled to fix the show, derived from The Thin Man. Then, just a week after it opened to scorched-earth reviews, it was Asta la vista, Nick & Nora...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991: SHOW BUSINESS | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...saga of Nick & Nora, which played full-price previews for a near record nine weeks while its creators struggled to fix the show, derived from The Thin Man. Then, just a week after it opened to scorched-earth reviews, it was Asta la vista, Nick & Nora...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991 | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

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