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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Losses to Miami in 1987 and 1988, Florida State's only defeats during that span, probably cost the Seminoles two national championships. Top-ranked Florida State is determined to reverse the trend Saturday when it meets No. 2 Miami in the most ballyhooed game of the season...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Battle of Florida Has National Implications | 11/16/1991 | See Source »

...want to achieve the ultimate Reaganite consumerism: a complete denial of reality because my attention span is too short to deal with political frustration. I'll stop whining now, having beaten my point into the ground, but I really think my idea is the next logical step for government. Having totally alienated the public, the federal government now needs only to pacify our daily whims (which Ronny did so well) and, hell, I'll be happy. So forget George Bush and the Democratic sacrifice and join the ebullient masses of politicos in your home town...

Author: By Thomas S. Hixson, | Title: Localize It | 11/14/1991 | See Source »

...SPAN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thomas Hearings Scorecard | 10/28/1991 | See Source »

...four years, the list of approved drugs for AIDS patients began and ended with AZT. The drug, also called zidovudine, can extend a patient's life-span, but not everyone can tolerate its side effects, which may include nausea and severe anemia. Now, after billions of dollars of research and constant pressure from AIDS activists, the Food and Drug Administration has bypassed some of its usual requirements to approve another medication, didanosine, known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rushing Ddi To Market | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

...political argument after hours. When cries went up for a list of Capitol Hill check bouncers, House Speaker Tom Foley protected Democrats and Republicans alike, as does the Ethics Committee. So ingrained is the clubbiness that partisanship often seems like a Hulk Hogan spectacle, faked for the C-SPAN audience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ultimate Men's Club | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

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