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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...months of war or just the barrage of journalists' questions about how exactly he hopes to fix this shattered land. Even the lady of the rented house, Mevlyde Kadriu, has questions: "Well, when are we going back to our jobs?" she asks boldly. Thaci shifts wearily in his seat, unloads a few oblique evasions and turns back to his demitasse of Nescafe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democracy School | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

...Sandra Witelson, a neuroscientist who maintains a "brain bank" at McMaster for comparative studies of brain structure and function. These normal, undiseased brains, willed to science by people whose intelligence had been carefully measured before death, gave Witelson a solid set of benchmarks against which to measure the seat of Einstein's brilliant thoughts. To make the comparison as valid as possible, Witelson and her team compared Einstein's tissues with those of men close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Was Einstein's Brain Built for Brilliance? | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

...will be staged over the next three weeks in seven venues: Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York/New Jersey, Portland, Ore., San Francisco/San Jose and Washington. The final will be played at the Rose Bowl on July 10. And if the U.S. is playing for the trophy, the 92,542-seat stadium could sell out, setting a new record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crazy For The Cup | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

...flatland marked by the concrete cake boxes of light industry, the driver of the Lincoln has jammed on the brakes and is bolting on foot as Atkinson turns the corner in pursuit. The backseat passenger hotfoots it in the other direction, and the front passenger slides cleanly across the seat, perhaps unseen by Atkinson. That passenger stands at the door, levels a .357 magnum at the squad car and fires several rounds. He is wearing a SAY NO TO DRUGS SHIRT. There is $7,000 worth of cocaine in the glove box and a shotgun in the backseat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death On The Beat | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

...find out the driver has no license, no registration and no keys. He started the car with a screwdriver. When he finds out he's under arrest, he makes a brief move on Masino, then thinks better of it. The passenger's hands, meanwhile, drop down under the seat in the car, maybe to hide something, maybe to get something, and in that moment everything is crystal clear: the potential for the cop to shoot. The potential for the suspect to shoot. The potential for either to die, and for the press, the public and the lawyers to wrestle over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death On The Beat | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

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