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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Daschle's conference room. Along the way, they held off the more zealous members of their parties--the ones who wanted to torch the negotiations and break open the gun closets. Late Thursday, Lott called Daschle's cell phone in the middle of a closed-door Democratic caucus to tell him there would be no deal. The rules for going forward would be Republican rules, including one Democrats had strongly resisted, which left open the possibility that videotaped testimony might be released to the public. Despite the impasse, said Lott, he would honor concessions he'd made to Daschle during...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fasten Your Seat Belts | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...Abdullah over the unseasoned Hamzah, who might have been seen as his American mother's puppet. When Hussein broadcast hints of a change two weeks ago, Hassan dashed off a letter pleading his case, adding "I submit to your will." The King responded by sending the army chief to tell his brother he was no longer destined for the throne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meet The Next King | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...tell me your philosophy On exactly what an artist should be. --Lauryn Hill, Superstar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Hip-Hop Nation | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...through the crucible of the sexual and drug revolutions, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, women's lib, Watts and Woodstock. Then toss in newsreel footage of every conceivable major event that occurred during this tumultuous time. Now squeeze all this into a four-hour mini-series and try to tell a credible story. Ludicrous? Yet NBC pretty well manages the feat. Enacted by a solid cast and enhanced by a smartly used greatest-hits soundtrack, The '60s is clear-eyed, compassionate and surprisingly affecting. What it lacks in depth it makes up for in breadth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The '60s | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

Think it's too early to tell what history will make of the spectacle in the Senate? Think again. The 1868 impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson gives us all the yardsticks we need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Feb. 8, 1999 | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

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