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Dates: during 1990-1999
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City water in Jonesboro, Ark., doesn't stink. In fact, even wastewater flowing out of the big, new Frito-Lay plant there runs through an expanded treatment facility in order to minimize environmental problems. That expansion was part of a multimillion-dollar incentive package the AEDC gave Frito-Lay to lure the company to Jonesboro. Frito-Lay is not exactly needy. It is a profitable subsidiary of PepsiCo Inc., the giant soft-drink and snack-food company that had sales of $20.9 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporate Welfare: States At War | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

...least are able to sleep on the fire escapes and the roof of the building--avoiding for a moment the circle of hell they have been assigned. The cramped and airless space within is subdivided into 32 cubicles doled out to at least 100 men. The stink of sweat, unwashed clothing, old shoes and garbage suffuses the narrow makeshift corridors. Cooking noises mingle with the gurgle of kitchen-side urinals. On tiny TV sets, a few men watch home videos of kin and country long left behind, for some as much as a decade ago. Others stare at the distant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slaves Of New York | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

...stink bomb has been dropped on the Capitol, already reeling from the Starr report. In a full-page, $85,000 ad in the Washington Post last week, Larry Flynt announced a reward of up to $1 million for anyone who could prove having had "an adulterous sexual encounter with a current member of the United States Congress or a high-ranking government official." What's high-ranking? In an interview with TIME, Flynt said he'd go broke if every scalp garnered the top prize. Flynt is reserving that for the goods on bold-type names. "One member...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indecent Proposal | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...intoxicating (or rather intoxicated) scents of urine and puke will probably stink up your weekend, so figure out how to use smells to cure stuff. Enjoy University Health Services' workshop entitled "Benefits of Complementary Therapies : Aromatherapy" with certified aromatherapist Jim Harrison. While gnoshing on some free refreshments, get to know UHS because you may wind up there later this weekend with an IV stuck in your arm and a pump up your ass. 12 to 1 p.m., UHS, Holyoke Center, 75 Mt. Auburn St., Monks Library, second floor, 495-9629. FREE...

Author: By Sara Reistad-long, | Title: LISTINGS | 10/15/1998 | See Source »

From her apartment, Ms. Lewinsky reached the President on the phone. According to Ms. Lewinsky, the President was angry that she had "made a stink" and said that "it was none of my business... what he was doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill and Monica: The President Makes Nice | 9/16/1998 | See Source »

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