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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been discussed in human terms, the usual investigations have been made, his family tree has been studied, a former girlfriend has been unearthed (so what?), the spotlight has been turned on his wife. His completely ordinary education, colleagues, friends and past have all been gone over with a fine-tooth comb. By all accounts, Gorbachev shouldn't have been Gorbachev. Then the pundits study the politics of the Soviet Union, evoke the shadow of Ronald Reagan and Star Wars, drag out tables and graphs to show that the Soviet economy was doomed to self-destruct, that it already had, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mikhail Gorbachev | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...Beijing insists that only two teeth survived the Buddha?s cremation, one of which is in Beijing, the other in Sri Lanka, and says the 2,000-year-old tooth presented to Taiwan by Tibetan monks is nothing more than old dente. But Beijing?s demand that the tooth be returned to China takes the bite out of its protests over the tooth?s authenticity. Taiwan?s premier will likely flash his pearly whites when he greets the ?third tooth? on its arrival Thursday. Beijing?s leaders are more likely to be gnashing theirs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Incisor Trading | 4/8/1998 | See Source »

...Bono is typical. An elderly man sips coffee at the counter and snaps, "I don't care how old they are; if they kill somebody, they ought to die. I don't care if they're five years old. The Bible says an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. They need to change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Is Justice For A Sixth-Grade Killer? | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

...fudge selection is not enough to satisfy that hyperactive sweet tooth, or if the need for a tasty beverage arises, Billings & Stover also features a soda fountain complete with banana splits ($4.59) and root beer floats ($2.45). A truly New England establishment, Billings & Stover makes the distinction between a frappe (with ice cream) and a shake (without ice cream), a detail which just adds to the charm...

Author: By L. MARIKA Landau-wells, | Title: shoppin | 2/26/1998 | See Source »

...knows, TIME isn?t above a bit of photo-tampering itself. Heck, practically anyone who?s ever owned Photoshop has given their relatives a gleaming new set of dentures at one time or another. Consider it forgotten, Newsweek. We won?t mention it again ? and that?s the tooth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME's Weekend Review | 11/30/1997 | See Source »

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