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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...beast came to sit across from me. From the look on his face I could tell he wanted to make conversation. Feigning politeness, I asked for his name. "My name?" he snarled, baring his long yellow canines. "My name is Fear. And I am a senior...

Author: By Amanda P. Fortini, | Title: In the Face of Fear | 2/17/1998 | See Source »

...What's up with that guy?" Are you sure you're from TIME? You're supposed to be like 70 years old and like, "Well, I've heard about your show. Particles come over airwaves and land on the screen. Tell me about it." Brad's always been good to me. Things are going so well that I might as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 16, 1998 | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

...Atlantic. It's not a house really; more like a tall steel skeleton with a cyclops eye circling at the top. It surveys the sea where, 300 years ago, brave English seamen came to this area searching for a port. Without lights on the shore, those sailors could not tell rocks and shallows from safe water. They had nothing to guide or protect them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winter Lights | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

Which illustrates the fact that for winter lights to do their thing, there must be darkness and much cold around. Without that, they would be any old lights and not the remarkable kind that rescue men in danger. Winter lights are heroes. But I hardly need to tell you, of all people, about that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winter Lights | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

...other human beings to keep sensational information to themselves. Second, however, because they are playing a more complicated game in which leaks have a purpose. They are leaking secrets to advance their cases, color public opinion about their clients and put pressure on other potential witnesses to tell the truth. Not all legal cases are settled in the courts, and while it is not a pretty sight, we have seen this all before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art of the Leak | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

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