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Dates: during 1990-1999
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To the nonbeliever, all such speculation is bootless. If God does not exist, there is no First Coming, much less a Second, and the end of the world is a - concept without meaning. Many mainstream Protestant and Roman Catholic theologians argue that millenarians like Walvoord and Dyer misuse scriptural prophecies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Apocalypse Now? | 2/11/1991 | See Source »

The end of the Cold War and the decline of bipolarity has driven a large wedge into the U.S./Israeli "community of interests." The U.S. no longer needs a vigilant standard bearer in the global battle to stem the tide of Communism. It no longer needs to maintain costly alliances...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: A Scary Situation | 2/7/1991 | See Source »

No one knows how large a role fatigue has played in train and air disasters over the years, but the danger is undisputed. A drowsy engineer and crew were deemed the probable cause of the 1988 head-on collision of two Conrail freight trains near Thompsontown, Pa., a crash that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Drowsy America | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

What all this implies is that TV's impact is pervasive and to a large extent inevitable. That impact cannot be wished away; all that can be done is to try to understand and control it. Reforms of the sort Congress has enacted are a salutary step. Networks and stations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Is TV Ruining Our Children? | 10/15/1990 | See Source »

Airlines are understandably reluctant to discuss how the crisis has affected security arrangements. Typically, a Pan Am spokesman says only that security procedures at Pan Am have been "enhanced." At London's Heathrow Airport, travelers report that the beef-up can add 20 minutes to the already lengthy process of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: They'd Rather Be in Philadelphia | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

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