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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although a consensus on the council's purposeseems to be emerging, candidates often disagreeover the council's size and shape...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: U.C. Candidates Present Similar Platforms in '98 | 12/9/1998 | See Source »

...plan to focus on fundamentals," Bangayan said. "If we can perfect the basics and execute the simple moves really well, then we will be in very good shape...

Author: By Amy E. Ooten, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fencing Teams Both Fall | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

When we did our first TIME 100 issue, which looked at our century's greatest leaders, I came to the conclusion that an era is shaped by the people who push its political ideas, such as fascism and communism, democracy and liberty. Then, when we picked the 20 most influential artists, I began to believe in the lasting power of cultural innovations, such as movies and television, jazz and rock. Now that we're dealing with business titans, I realize that economic initiative is what transforms us, from Henry Ford's assembly line to Bill Gates' software. Stay tuned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME 100: Why Picking These Titans Was Fun | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...under Trippe always rode shotgun with any new airplane it ordered. Trippe hired Charles Lindbergh to ride his airplanes incognito, and Lindbergh's ideas helped shape the cabin of the first jets. He also served as a pathfinder, exploring possible commercial air routes across the Atlantic and over the polar regions of Asia. Pan Am engineers crawled all over Boeing as the company conceived the outline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUAN TRIPPE: Pilot Of The Jet Age | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

Trippe had been a continuous innovator, but the sad irony is that he failed to re-invent his company for the leaner, far more competitive age he had done so much to shape: the age of travel for Everyman. A decade after his death, his airline, substantially dismembered, finally expired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUAN TRIPPE: Pilot Of The Jet Age | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

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