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Because of those Libyan links and uncertainty about how effectively Taylor might govern Liberia, Washington distrusts him. All American citizens have been urged to leave. Four U.S. warships are stationed off the coast to evacuate them if necessary. Taylor says U.S. suspicions are misplaced. He describes himself as "a cold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa The Would-Be President | 6/18/1990 | See Source »

Stern is a sociological immigrant as well. A recent widower, he repeatedly finds himself in situations where he must adjust to new customs. Sensitivity, he discovers, is outmoded. His physician son Peter sounds like an Army medic when he tells his father to drop his drawers during a urological examination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Crimes of The Heart | 6/11/1990 | See Source »

The idea behind this radar is not new; shortwave radio signals have long been bounced off the ionosphere. But developing reliable over-the-horizon radar proved tricky because the composition of the ionosphere is always in flux, making it more like a mass of moving clouds than a smooth reflecting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Long Arm Of Radar | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

But history can be tricky. On the one hand, where exactly does history stop? Lithuania was independent for 20 years between 1920 and 1940, but for more than a hundred years before that it was part of the Russian empire. Which historical period is the norm? The Russian imperium? The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Why Lithuania Is Not Like South Carolina | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

The Crimson also had to cope with a tricky Wildcats defensive scheme during the second half, in which all 12 UNH players dropped back into the defensive zone.

Author: By Mick Stern, | Title: First-Ranked Laxwomen Resist Rally | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

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