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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Forbes will almost certainly inform debate watchers that Bush tried to raise some taxes in Texas, that he allowed spending there to increase "a whopping 36%" and that he isn't committed to the fight against abortion--an opinion that social conservatives Gary Bauer and Alan Keyes will loudly second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Feeding Both Sides | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...have you forsaken me?" And he'd stayed for Jesus' final hoarse shout a moment later. Then Judas had found his way to the house of another old pupil, one whom Jesus had been forced to send home when he caught him tampering with children for the second time--Hamer from Bethlehem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jesus Of Nazareth Then And Now | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...destination is Gudermes, Chechnya's second-largest city, which recently surrendered to Russian troops without a shot. Now, as Russian guns, warplanes and missiles reduce to rubble what was left of Gudermes after the 1994-96 war, Russian officials talk increasingly of turning this grim railway town with a peacetime population of 38,000 into Chechnya's new capital. No problem, says a Russian airborne general, as we stand in a forward base just outside Gudermes listening to the steady rumble of heavy artillery and long salvos of Grad missiles. "We could establish the capital on this hill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chechen Hell | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...already seems to be working. Yahoo, E*Trade and GeoCities, among others, are not only dominant among U.S. customers but lead a long list of Softbank companies that Son and his lieutenants say account for more than 90% of all Internet commerce in Japan. As the world's second largest economy has caught on to the power of the Net in the past year, Softbank's stock, which is traded on the Tokyo exchange, has soared. The company's market capitalization is a stunning $79 billion, which puts it ahead of Sony. Softbank has also landed in Europe, establishing joint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Masayoshi Son: Emperor of the Internet | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

Paul Hoffman, president of Encyclopaedia Britannica, knows zero well, having received one in penmanship in second grade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Sexy Is Chalk Dust? | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

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