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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...there would be water left over from the formation of the solar system, but now scientists have it in front of them," says TIME senior science writer Michael Lemonick. "All water isn?t the same, and the similarities or differences between this water and the Earth?s water could tell scientists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ultimate Designer Water: Outer-Space Evian | 8/27/1999 | See Source »

...army?s campaign to forcibly integrate East Timor. International pressure has forced Indonesia to agree to allow the referendum and to abide by its results, but members of the military began organizing the anti-independence militia to intimidate voters soon after the poll was announced. "It?s impossible to tell whether the Indonesian government is being disingenuous with the West about its intentions or whether they?re simply unable to control the military in East Timor," says Calabresi. "But violence is expected to intensify even after Monday?s vote." An independent East Timor may be born on Monday, but Indonesian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East Timor Braces for Independence Bloodbath | 8/27/1999 | See Source »

...government trying to tell us something? Six years after the 51-day siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco ended in flames, former FBI agent Danny Coulson ?- founding commander of the agency?s hostage-rescue team, and, in retirement, one of its most prominent voices ?- pipes up to the Dallas Morning News. The message: Contrary to six years of official denials, agents on the scene actually did fire tear gas canisters into the compound, canisters that burn hot and could have set something ablaze. Except that they didn?t cause the conflagration, says Coulson ?- they were fired hours before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Is the FBI Trying to Tell Us About Waco? | 8/26/1999 | See Source »

...that he paid too much, or that the device is subpar. But if I were in the market for a personal digital assistant, I'd wait. I told Benenson what I can't tell you, since I'm bound by one of those stupid nondisclosure agreements. O.K., I can tell you this much: very soon, Handspring, a Palo Alto, Calif., company founded by the folks who built the original, brilliant PalmPilot, will be launching its own PDA. And if it's as good as it looks in demos, I can't imagine why anyone would want to buy anything else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Palmy Import | 8/23/1999 | See Source »

...table napkins around and cheering. I remember we looked at each other and Jennifer said, "My dear, I feel like a cross between the Queen Mother and the Beatles." When I last spoke to her she made a great point of saying if anything happened to her, I must tell people her liver and her arteries were in perfect condition. She said, "It's only the smoking that's done this." She told me once that when she was a little girl she wanted to be the lady in the pink tutu going round on the circus horse with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eulogy: JENNIFER PATERSON | 8/23/1999 | See Source »

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