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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...something like a portable Stinger missile. There will be constant updating of the electronic sensors and night optics that the guards use. And the coordination between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Secret Service to spot suspicious planes straying into White House air space will be put on a split-second basis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A MAGNET FOR ODD INTRUDERS | 6/5/1995 | See Source »

...92¢ for every cold war dollar, once adjusted for inflation. The House committee last week recommended a $267 billion defense budget for next year, $9.5 billion more than Clinton is seeking. The Senate approved a budget resolution that mirrored Clinton's defense request, and the final figure will probably split the difference and provide around $270 billion. But even Clinton's sum is more, after adjusting for inflation, than the U.S. military spent annually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHY THE PENTAGON GETS A FREE RIDE | 6/5/1995 | See Source »

Additional artifacts could lie buried if, as Weeks believes, the tomb had an unusual split-level design. The ceilings of the corridors to the left and right of the statue of Osiris slope downward and then drop abruptly about 4 ft.-strong evidence of stairways. Says Weeks: "I think there are more rooms on the lower level." Moreover, while the doors that line the corridors all lead to identical 10-ft. by 10-ft. chambers, the openings themselves are only about 2 1/2 ft. wide, too narrow to accommodate a prince's sarcophagus. That suggests to Weeks that the rooms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: SECRETS OF THE LOST TOMB | 5/29/1995 | See Source »

...council passed Galluccio's amendment, 5-4, and defeated two amendments proposed by Duehay to restore the force of the original proposal, by the same margin. The vote split along party lines, with Independent councillors siding with the restaurateurs and Cambridge Civic Association members supporting CUSP...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: City Council Weakens Tough Anti-Smoking Ordinance | 5/24/1995 | See Source »

Rudenstine has been searching for a new deansince Albert Carnesale was named provost last May.Carnesale has split his time between Mass. Halland the Kennedy School in the past year

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: President Defends Benefits Moves | 5/24/1995 | See Source »

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