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...other side of the globe, in a military ward of a hospital in the Cambodian town of Kampong Spoe, 25 miles southwest of Phnom Penh, a soldier named Neh Kon, 30, lies on a wooden pallet. He has lost both legs -- one just above the knee, the other just below. The stumps are wrapped in flyspecked, blood-soaked bandages. Neh Kon's wife sits beside him, holding their young child. Two weeks earlier, on patrol in Khmer Rouge territory, Neh Kon stepped on a mine. "By the time we get peace," he says, "a lot of people won't have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vietnam: Still A Killing Field | 4/30/1990 | See Source »

Neighborly nudge. Not everyone worries about the hazards of releasing balloons. As many as 10,000 of them, carrying cards with pro-environmental messages like "Buy recycled paper," will be sent aloft from Munich's main square. The project's organizers hope for a wind from the southwest that will blow the balloons into highly polluted Czechoslovakia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: EARTH DAY A GLOBAL FESTIVAL | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

Today: Periods of rain. High in the mid 50s. Wind southwest 10 to 20 mph becoming northwest in the after-noon. Chance of rain 80 percent. Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers early, then partial clearing. Low in the mid 40s. Tomorrow: Party sunny. High...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE WEATHER | 4/21/1990 | See Source »

...With the wind and rain, scores are going to skyrocket," Kincaid said. "Being from the southwest, I had trouble adjusting to the weather out here. My muscles tighten up in the cold rain...

Author: By Tom Kane, | Title: Soggy Golfers Place Third in Rainy GBC's | 4/18/1990 | See Source »

Today: windy, becoming mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers late in the day. High 60 to 65. Southwest wind 20 to 30 mph. Tonight: cloudy with showers likely. Breezy, low around 50. Chance of showers 70 percent. Tomrrow: showers ending then clearing. High 55 to 60. Chance of showers 80 percent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE WEATHER | 4/10/1990 | See Source »

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