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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fourth poorest city in the U.S., mainly because anybody with any money has long since moved out of town. Miami Beach, a separate municipality, has most of the area's prime beaches and luxury resorts, as well as the hip, Art Deco district of South Beach. Outside a thin necklace of fancy hotels, parks and wealthy enclaves lining the waterfront, Miami comprises largely the kind of inner-city neighborhoods that never make it into the tourist brochures. Middle-class flight--first of whites and now of Cubans--has made Miami increasingly a city of struggling, often illegal immigrants from Nicaragua...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GLOOM OVER MIAMI | 12/16/1996 | See Source »

...house special will be a Flam-mekueche--a thin pastry dough covered with fromage blanc and topped with items like onion, bacon and mushrooms. They will range in price from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Bistro to Replace Grille | 12/10/1996 | See Source »

...admit, the pretentious Nike advertising campaign--"I'm Tiger Woods..."--has already worn thin. I was pretty disturbed when I saw that Tiger was going to be included in the Skins Game--what I call made-for-TV golf--after only four months on tour...

Author: By Keith S. Greenawalt, | Title: Tiger Roars | 12/6/1996 | See Source »

Once the game became a blowout, it afforded Harvard the opportunity to look at its bench--specifically sophomore Bill Ewing. With a total of only three pure frontcourt players, the Crimson needs the thin 6'9" center to give Snowden and senior forward Chris Grancio breathers during the season, but his line last night (five rebounds, five fouls, five points and three blocks in 15 minutes) leaves much room for improvement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: M. Cagers Cruise | 12/3/1996 | See Source »

SLIM FAST Once merely the stuff of a decorator's dreams, thin computer monitors to hang on the wall or adorn the desk are fast becoming a (costly) reality. Hitachi's high-resolution plasma-thin Ovation is a skinny 3 in. deep, but it provides a 25-in. picture and can be hung as simply as a painting. Available in late...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TECH WATCH: NEWS FROM VEGAS: THE HYPE GOES ON | 12/2/1996 | See Source »

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