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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...friend's 16 year-old sister and her friend went to an A.D. party on Saturday night, Oct. 10. The fact that she wanted to go is not so shocking; I can see the allure a final club must hold to someone in town from high school for the weekend. I myself have never been to a final club (unless you count my foray to the front door of the A.D. at 4 a.m. that Saturday night to retrieve the two girls), so I am not able to say anything about the parties or the people first hand...

Author: By Angela M. Miklavcic, | Title: Too Young for a Final Club | 11/24/1998 | See Source »

After Jefferson's death in 1826, Thomas, Madison and Eston all ended up as freedmen within 25 miles of one another near the town of Chillicothe, Ohio. The brothers were quite fair, being only an eighth black, and Jeffersonian in appearance: tall with reddish hair and gray eyes. But Thomas would become a leader in the black community, founding an African Methodist church. Madison put down roots near a mulatto settlement and also stayed in the black community. "Though we consider it a gift of God, our one enduring question is why Madison chose to stay black when it might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family Reunion | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...summer of 1959, and the number of American military advisers to the South Vietnamese government was only a few hundred. In the town of Bien Hoa, 20 miles north of Saigon, six U.S. soldiers settled in to watch a movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The War As It Was | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...design and symbol of the museum. His 1986 Stadthaus in Ulm, Germany was only built after a tenth referendum finally approved its construction. The building was intended to replace an area used for parking in front of the historic Gothic cathedral there and act as a center for the town...

Author: By Brooke M. Lampley, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: RICHARD MEIER A MODERN ARCHITECT | 11/20/1998 | See Source »

TOKYO: At a Japanese town hall meeting on Thursday, President Clinton switched to the carrot. "We regret that you have the present economic challenges that you have, but we don't think you should be too pessimistic about the future," Clinton told his subdued Japanese audience. "Don't be discouraged, but do be determined. That would be the advice of a friend." It was a far cry from Wednesday's nagging; TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan says that's because Clinton -- unlike, say, Al Gore -- knows the fine art of diplomatic massage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Tokyo, Clinton Plays Nice | 11/19/1998 | See Source »

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