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Dates: during 1990-1999
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By some estimates, there are several hundred Vietnam veterans living on the mountainous and sparsely settled Big Island, as well as clusters in such diverse places as the Pacific Northwest and the backwoods of Maine. An accurate count is tough to come by. "You don't have to move very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lost In America | 2/11/1991 | See Source »

Leningrad's dynamic mayor does not claim that he can solve all the city's problems by himself. Sobchak believes it is up to Gorbachev to exercise his presidential powers and ensure that republics and regions make scheduled deliveries of food to the country's cities. He also wants the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wrapped In Cotton Wool | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

Kevin's first reaction is ecstasy. He turns his parents' bed into a trampoline, devours mountains of ice cream, looks at the forbidden photos in Playboy ("No clothes on anybody. Sickening"). His excitement wanes with the daylight, however, all the more so since most of the neighbors on his affluent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Home Alone Breaks Away | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

One of the most successful programs is New York City's Fountain House, which began 42 years ago as a meeting place for former mental patients. In contrast to the sterile wards and decrepit housing in which so many of the sick have spent most of their lives, the sprawling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: From The Asylum to Anarchy | 10/22/1990 | See Source »

If You Build It, Bob Hope Will Come. For soldiers who want to putt away their boredom, the Pentagon is shipping out plywood and artificial turf to build miniature golf courses at Saudi bases. Watch out for the sand traps.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Footnotes From the Front | 10/15/1990 | See Source »

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