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Dates: during 1990-1999
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As darkness fell, the silent, shuffling black forms snaked up the mountainside for 10 numbing hours, then staggered down the icy and perilous descent. An uncupped cigarette was enough to draw fire from Serbian positions ( along the route. Alija Slivo, 60, who spent five months in Serbian captivity in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On The Road of White Death | 3/15/1993 | See Source »

A prince, wrote Machiavelli, must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves. Therefore, a prudent ruler ought not to keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest: It Is a Time For Cunning | 3/1/1993 | See Source »

How could NBC go so far wrong? One veteran correspondent was not surprised. "The whole atmosphere" has been so competitive and overeager, he said, that the network was "an accident waiting to happen." More details may emerge from NBC's investigation, but it is already clear that employees fell into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where NBC Went Wrong | 2/22/1993 | See Source »

It may be that Kevin's final confrontation with the crooks -- this time he booby-traps a brownstone that is undergoing renovation -- lacks the bestartling hilarity of his previous battle with them. It may be that his bonding with a homeless pigeon lady (Brenda Fricker) in Central Park is a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Twice-Told Fairy Tale | 11/30/1992 | See Source »

Now, the primary challenge for Clinton, who--unwittingly or not--closely followed Carter's campaign strategy, is to avoid the traps that mired the Georgian's presidency in malaise.

Author: By Joe Mathews, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: He's No Jimmy Carter--Or Is He? | 11/4/1992 | See Source »

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