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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wait a minute. Didn't we already do this 30 or 40 years ago? Is there any point to being the third country in space? Well, there's national pride, for one thing, and China can hardly reach superpower status if it doesn't have the accoutrements. And the Chinese military has, as Christopher Cox pointed out this summer, um, "taken an interest" in the military possibilities of satellite launches. But NASA execs worried about espionage can rest easy. Remember, the Chinese already have spaceship designs from the Russians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That's One Small Step for China... | 11/21/1999 | See Source »

...Wait! Come back! I'm not going to be offensive. It's not the concept I hate--it's the word...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, | Title: EDITORIAL NOTEBOOK: Zero Tolerance for 'Tolerance' | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

...living at home, even for the shortest period of time, can be quite a trying and uncomfortable experience after time at college. If the Thanksgiving break wasn't enough to convince you of that, just wait until winter break. In closing, I leave everyone with one piece of advice. Avoid referring to college as "home" in front of your parents--their reaction will be less than positive...

Author: By George W. Hicks, | Title: Home: An Acculturation Guide | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

...love horror movies and I love a good scare. So, being too impatient to wait for the Thanksgiving release of Tim Burton's new horror film Sleepy Hollow, I figured I would visit the source of inspiration for Washington Irving's story and now, the new movie. I would take a tour the anachronistic haven for the ghouls and ghosts that Washington Irving captured in writing 150 years ago: the true Sleepy Hollow. I set out on a mission to hunt out all the ghosts I could find. I was determined to track down the spirits of Sleepy Hollow, find...

Author: By Warren Adler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: "I Want to See Dead People": A Tour of Sleepy Hollow | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

...there were we, the 59, who had some stories of our own - the asthma sufferer who would have to wait a week before his expulsion, the guy who couldn't convince anyone higher up that a wife's recent miscarriage was reason enough for a temporary leave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yes, Sergeant — It Is Night and I Am Jogging | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

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