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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...word a lot, and means it; as a liberal Northeast Republican, he is a conservatives' answer to Bill Bradley (maybe he would have really caught on had he been better at basketball...). More recently, Ventura has been prodding New York real estate mogul (and tabloid fixture) Donald Trump to step forward. The Donald has the celebrity and the brains to be a businessman's Ventura, a perfect placeholder for The Body because he's unencumbered by a demanding constituency or ideology, and might at least grab enough press to keep the dream alive until 2004. Then there were whisperings about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Reform Party Shouldn't Confuse Reform with Radicalism | 9/21/1999 | See Source »

...affirmed that in a true democracy, an individual cannot be sentenced for political viewpoints or unproven assumptions about his or her intentions. It remains to be seen if the treatment of the released prisoners in upcoming years will reflect this affirmation, but for now I consider it a step forward to have the lives and rights of Puerto Ricans, United States citizens for the past 80 years, considered on the same level as those of other Americans, even as the controversy that has exploded around the issue points out to me how far we all still have...

Author: By Kiara ALVAREZ Ferrer, | Title: Clemency a Matter of Human Rights | 9/21/1999 | See Source »

...magazine staff took a rare step and opposed the University's push to extend its rights over the names of campus organizations and decided simply to register the name "The Lampoon," the application for which is still pending...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller and James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Harvard Takes Aggressive Stance on Campus Student Group Names | 9/21/1999 | See Source »

...majority of the class-A voting shares, and thus the company. Karmazin can't be fired unless 14 of 18 board members vote against him--and he gets to select eight of them. "I wouldn't have done this deal without keeping [voting] control," says Redstone. Should Redstone step down, or die, in the next three years, Karmazin becomes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The CBS-Viacom Merger: A Media Giant Pops Up | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

...reports or homework, C Technologies and Siemens have developed digital highlighters. Simply swipe them across a line of text, and they will store data for transfer to your PC, via infrared or serial port. Both Siemens' PocketReader and C Technologies' C Pen 200 cost $200. FIGHT OF YOUR LIFE Step into the lush, futuristic world of Final Fantasy VIII, the latest installment of the blockbuster PlayStation series that has sold some 22 million copies worldwide. Gorgeous scenery with cinematic touches and realistic-looking characters make this epic tale of good vs. evil dazzle onscreen. Players take on the role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Technology Sep. 20, 1999 | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

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