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Dates: during 1990-1999
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"It's not much to base accusations of anti-Semitism on," remarks historian Father Pierre Blet of the 1919 letter. A similar tendentiousness, he says, mars Cornwell's whole work: "He ignores a great deal of material which doesn't fit his theory and makes grave accusations without supplying the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope And der Fuhrer | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

He has survived a serious threat to his life in each of the first two books, but this time Harry may be overmatched. The Azkaban prison guards, horrid hooded apparitions called dementors, have been summoned to Hogwarts to protect Harry, but he keeps fainting whenever a dementor comes near him...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wild About Harry Potter | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

Purdy doesn't wish to be a spoilsport. He's negative only about negativity. Temperamentally, he's an optimist who places his faith in action, not attitude. One issue close to his tender rural heart is the preservation of West Virginia wilderness from the mountain-leveling predations of modern coal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Optimist In a Jaded Age | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

Our children are already bombarded with opportunities to spend money, and the options are about to explode through online shopping geared specifically toward kids. Several new websites, such as Icanbuy, Rocketcash and DoughNet, will set up accounts in a child's name. Parents can deposit a small amount from a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Piggy-Bank Blues | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

But the Treasury, as it ponders how to get the word out on its new savings-bond programs, would do well to address some old problems first. The main one: some $6.5 billion of savings bonds are no longer accruing interest because they are 30 or 40 years old. Yet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Savings Bonding | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

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