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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...February 1994, when Mychelle, then 2 1/2, told a day-care worker that her father had sexually molested her. During the mental evaluations that followed, a psychologist said Barton "certainly was capable" of committing homicide. However, given Mychelle's age, it was difficult for state attorneys to build a solid case around her against Barton or prevent him from keeping custody of the kids. "It was disturbing enough to have a trained psychologist and competent prosecutors reporting these things back to us back then," says David McDade, the Douglas County district attorney who has reviewed the 1994 custody hearing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Portrait of the Killer | 8/9/1999 | See Source »

Considering all the pseudoscientific mumbo-jumbo that passes for nutritional advice these days, I can't help being enthusiastic when a really good guide based on solid research shows up in bookstores. And when the subject of that book is young children's nutritional needs--which are very different from those of adults--you can bet I'm going to recommend it to every parent I know. I'm talking about Feeding Your Child for Lifelong Health (Bantam; $15.95) by Susan Roberts, a nutrition researcher at Tufts University in Boston, and Dr. Melvin Heyman, a pediatric gastroenterologist at the University...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food Tips for Tots | 8/9/1999 | See Source »

...they know will never be repaid. And the nation's public finances--badly strained by years of gigantic "stimulus" packages--are also in a worrisome state. The government is borrowing at a feverish pace, adding $1.5 billion in debt each day. But in the minds of investors, these arguments, solid as they may be, are old. More often than not, the world's speed investors are entranced not by true ideas, but by new ones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Get Rich Quick | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

There will be a lot written this week about Greek tragedies and the awesomely inscrutable hand of God in the affairs of an amazing family. But this is also an excruciatingly personal tale about a very decent and solid and self-aware and funny guy, one who knew a lot about bearing great responsibility with a light but knowing dignity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Joy of Not Being Jaded | 7/26/1999 | See Source »

...moment--is the way it refuses to fall across the line into vulgarity, let alone grossness. One's enjoyment of it may very well derive from the way it contrasts with the climate in which it is released. There's something delightfully old-fashioned about its archness and its solid architecture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Fool Turns the Tables | 7/26/1999 | See Source »

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