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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...provoke a mutiny in many countries. Sergei, the Spetsnaz noncommissioned officer, lives in a slum. Officially called noncommissioned officers' married quarters, his single room measures 5 ft. by 8 ft., and he lives there with his wife and daughter. Ten families share a rat-infested kitchen and a single toilet whose walls are rotting from dampness. Sergei does not wear his uniform when he goes into the city--civilians view soldiers as losers, he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sinister Force | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

...England is considered the great nation for eccentrics--in the U.S. of A. we have a world-class set. We've got folks who believe in flying saucers, horoscopes, the lottery, pyramid power, that John F. Kennedy was killed by the CIA and that you can get AIDS off toilet seats. We've got people convinced that they were Cleopatra in another life, that Elvis lives and that the flat tax is a good idea. We've got self-improvers out the wazoo, just improvin' themselves up a storm. We've got people who live for bingo, people dedicated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's A Jumble Out There | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

STRENGTH IN NUMBERS Buying in bulk used to mean hauling a case of toilet paper home from a warehouse club. Now consumers can pool their orders online for "power buys" at www.mercata.com This Web retailer sells consumer electronics, sporting goods, housewares and appliances around the clock. But each day select items are put up for group sale at an initial price--say, $40 for a radio. The more buyers who join the sale by day's end, the lower the price will go. All buyers get the lowest price offered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Money: Jun. 14, 1999 | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

Back to the present, when women have 50 percent of the hardware necessary to live (for Ride it was a toilet, for us, a professional education) and then some. The advance in education means we can live comfortably, but it also puts the pressure on us to spot the places advances have not been made and to bring the deadbeats up to speed...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Of Sally Ride and Final Club | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

Back to the present, when women have 50 percent of the hardware necessary to live (for Ride it was a toilet, for us, a professional education) and then some. The advance in education means we can live comfortably, but it also puts the pressure on us to spot the places advances have not been made and to bring the deadbeats up to speed...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Of Sally Ride and Final Clubs | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

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