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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Unfortunately, the nation sleeps now as I slept then. When it comes to the issue of race, we have all but ended the national discourse. It is something most would rather not talk about at all unless their eyes are very tightly shut and they are spouting platitudes: "Everyone should be treated the same way," "I really don't care what race a person is." And on the rare occasions that blacks and whites really do engage in conversation about the most persistent American problem, they end up talking past one another rather than to one another. Without fail, most...

Author: By Iason Q. Purnell, | Title: Running on Empty | 4/8/1997 | See Source »

...will face some strong teams like Dartmouth, Brown and Princeton," said Miller. "We don't really have a regular Ivy League schedule, and unless we make nationals, we only have three weeks left in our season, so this tournament is very...

Author: By Matthew F. Delmont, | Title: W. Water Polo Wins Out West | 4/8/1997 | See Source »

...bedtime story. Only 39 people chose to rev the once-upon-a-mind of sci-fi into revelation; only 39 took their jumble of theological and televisionary lore to beds from which they never awoke. At least, we think they didn't hitch a ride on that UFO. Unless...maybe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A STAR TREK INTO THE X-FILES | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

...petit faux pas, at worst, certainly nothing to make a federal case out of--unless you happen to be Jess Jackson. The burly lawyer turned winemaker created a new market segment with Kendall-Jackson Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay. When mistakes are made like Shand's, he believes it's because Turning Leaf's owner, industry giant E. & J. Gallo Winery, has unfairly copied his bottle design. So Jackson is suing Gallo, claiming it has co-opted sales of his category-topping Vintner's Reserve. Gallo disputes the charges, but there is no disputing Turning Leaf's rousing success. It shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUR GRAPES | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

...channels like Fox News and Animal Planet (from the creators of the Discovery Channel) have done by offering money to cable systems in return for carrying them. Yet CBS does have some potential clout to wield. It could hold up permission for cable systems to retransmit local CBS stations unless they agree to pick up Eye on People--a tactic the other broadcast networks have used in order to get wider distribution for their start-up cable ventures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: DOES THE EYE HAVE IT? | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

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