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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Katerina when Vicky and Sotirios, her husband, are working. "Katerina has to speak in Greek to them because they only know enough English to communicate," Vicky said. "She also keeps up by going to Greek school two nights a week." Vicky has returned to Greece three times. Her last trip was her honeymoon...

Author: By Timothy L. Warren, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: At Work, At Home With Vicky | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...happily planning a joint wedding since each was engaged to an EgyptAir steward. But hours before the EgyptAir Flight 990's fatal crash on Oct. 31, neither of their prospective mates was in a cheery mood. Rania says that in a telephone chat, Hassan Farouk expressed misgivings about the trip, muttering about "technical problems." Soha told an Egyptian weekly that Mohammed Galal was dreading a "very bad flight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Out of Thin Air | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...trip was a tonic for him; this film, for all its verbal and emotional buoyancy, touches a depth his earlier work danced around, like revelers on a volcano's edge. Mother begins by painting an idyll: of Manuela (Cecilia Roth), a nurse who works in her hospital's organ-transplant unit, and her darling son Esteban (Eloy Azorin). Manuela is the mom every gay, or simply sensitive, son would adore. She watches All About Eve with him, gives him a Truman Capote book for his birthday, takes him to a production of A Streetcar Named Desire. He is a sweet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Loving Pedro | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...year-old Carolyn Cross of Palo Alto, Calif., shopping online is way cooler than your average trip to the mall, and for one very important reason: "You don't have to get your parents to drive you, which they, like, never do," she says. Carolyn's dad Peter might beg to differ about that, but he does agree that letting Carolyn make purchases at RocketCash, an e-commerce site designed for teens, makes things easier on the family. "Carolyn gets to feel in control, but I feel good 'cause her shopping is limited to certain stores and certain amounts," Cross...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Electronic Allowances | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...latest travelogue, the best-selling author abandons the blue highways and turns to the water in an attempt to traverse America by small boat. The pace of the trip is leisurely, but Heat-Moon's exuberant erudition propels the reader with historical vignettes, ecological and geological detail, and often hilarious encounters with local eccentrics. The net effect is akin to Willard Scott channeling both Alexis de Tocqueville and John McPhee. The hearty, quote-laden banter between Heat-Moon and his mates sometimes sounds forced, but the author's wit and energy ultimately quell any cavils...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: River-Horse | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

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