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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would be a sad state of affairs if Austin Powers were remembered as one of the great cultural icons of this decade. That isn't meant to be a comment on Austin Powers himself. Quite the contrary, it is my belief that in his good-natured, if somewhat inept, international man of mystery, Mike Myers has found one of the greatest and most sustainable comic characters in memory. Myers as Austin Powers has that rare ability to make us laugh before he even says a word, and it is a laughter that comes without a hint of cynicism or meanness...
...Cynics complain about the state of music these days, carping over and over that image supersedes talent and the scene consists of one-note artists barreling through their fifteen minutes of fame. But it could be much worse. Remember New Kids on the Block? They had a virtual monopoly on the teen beat during their reign in the early nineties. And the music was bad. Real bad. (I doubt you will ever hear "Step by Step" on the radio in the near future.) But nowadays, music acts seem to come in pairs--a fascinating and, surprisingly enough, beneficial twist...
Washington appears to be considering a policy option that could restart the Kosovo war. The Washington Post reports Friday that U.S. policy on Kosovo has discreetly shifted in favor of accepting independence for the territory. Although formally both State Department and National Security Council officials insisted Washington remains opposed to the idea, a number of senior officials confirmed privately that policy was now being guided by the inevitability of independence. Such a policy shift would not only raise the danger of renewed conflict in the region, but could also pose problems for U.S. leadership in resolving future international conflicts...
...public opposition to Kosovo's independence puts Washington in line with its NATO European partners, who fear that creating any new states in the Balkans could spark more war; the objective of the Kosovo Liberation Army has been to join an independent Kosovo to the state of Albania, whose expansion is fiercely opposed by its neighbors in the Balkans. Some NATO members would feel stabbed in the back by such a reversal, particularly since accepting Kosovo's independence would also imply tacit acceptance of the ethnic cleansing of the territory's remaining Serb population (given the track record, there...
...downside, of course, lies in the remaining 19.4 percent of toddlers who have thus far eluded authorities. Although Walter Orenstein, director of the CDC?s National Immunization Program, is pleased with recent immunization efforts, he is worried about the kids who are falling through the cracks. "Between state and federal programs, the vaccines are out there, but there is a lot to be done in keeping track of kids? vaccine schedules and just getting them in there," Orenstein told the Associated Press...