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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Jefferson's finest hour came when he was young, only 33. The Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia in June 1776, chose a committee of five (Benjamin Franklin, Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston and Jefferson) to draft a Declaration of Independence. Jefferson nominated Adams to compose the draft. Adams demurred, "I am obnoxious, suspected and unpopular. You are very much otherwise." Besides, "You can write 10 times better than I." The committee chose Jefferson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 18th Century: Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

...home-propaganda battle. Opinion surveys show that around 60% of Russians support the war as a necessity to quell Chechen militants. The generals are sure their Prime Minister will back them to the end. But while "there is political and military consensus on how to do this right," says Sherman Garnett of Michigan State University, an expert on the Russian military, "whether it works or not is another matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Lessons | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...SHERMAN HELMSLEY Movin' on down: '70s Jeffersons star files for bankruptcy. Next: Charlie's Angels with tax lien...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Dec. 6, 1999 | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...wonder whether the writer of "In Defense of the Microsoft Monopoly" can see how his arguments apply to the Microsoft situation (Opinion, Nov. 17). First, his claim that the Sherman Anti-Trust Act targets monopolies which rely on market power rather than market merit is amusing. I would like to ask: Does Microsoft truly possess a monopoly because its products are far and away the top in their field, or is it instead because of the chance licensing of the DOS operating system by IBM for the PC, which led to a massive install base for Windows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...happenings, body art, minimalism, earthworks, conceptualism, neo-Expressionism, installations--to name just a few of the schools that have swum vigorously or otherwise through public waters. Then there is the vast sweep of photography, from the voluble street scenes of William Klein to the arch self-reflection of Cindy Sherman. And there is video art, whose evolution has fast-forwarded from monochrome navel gazing to gorgeous spectacle in a scant 30 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Creative Chaos | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

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