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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...order to keep the entire institution at least somewhat aware of what is going on in its various branches, Gibbons says, the office puts out a bi-weekly newsmagazine...

Author: By Daniel P. Mosteller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Getting the Word Out | 12/14/1999 | See Source »

...minus the risk of losing it another, the extra money you make if your industry is shielded from foreign competition minus the extra money you pay for goods and services that are protected--that you reach the conclusion that on average, free trade benefits us all. Yes, there are various economic theories about circumstances in which all this may not be true, but their authors win prizes precisely because the circumstances are unusual. In general, the numbers work irrespective of what policies other countries follow. They just get worse if one country's trade restrictions lead other countries to impose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mystical Power of Free Trade | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

...nephew, ages 7 and 8, as they played with their Pokemon cards with a neighborhood friend. Without knowing it, they were learning and developing some very important life skills--memory, math, spelling, vocabulary, negotiation, competition and teamwork. While there are less materialistic ways to acquire and develop these various skills, it was quite interesting to watch them play. KAREN ANN MILLER New Orleans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 13, 1999 | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

...value and prestige of various professions were based only on the level of individual impact, then teaching would be considered one of the most prestigious and valued professions...

Author: By Dafna V. Hochman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Active Voice: Students at the Head of the Class | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

...Mills Gallery is a facility of the Boston Center for the Arts, a large non-profit which also runs the Cyclorama, various theaters and over 50 artists' studios in the South End. The well-curated exhibitions emphasize the contemporary and the local. In the current show, Boston-based artist Sheila Pepe has stretched great drips and webs of crocheted yarn across the room. From what I gather, crochet is the medium of the moment; see, for example, the work of Seong Chun. Pepe also plays with casting shadows, created by found-object mini-sculptures, across her childlike drawings. A limber...

Author: By Annie Bourneuf, Kirstin Butler, and Jenny Tu, S | Title: The Field Guide: Art in Boston | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

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