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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stands alone in the world, its relative power -- which the decline theorists insist is the only relevant measure -- unsurpassed. (One reason, for example, that hostages are being released is that the thug regimes of the world realize that suddenly there is only one superpower left and they had better warm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: In Praise of Low Voter Turnout | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

...Solzhenitsyn understood so little about me, my thoughts on emigration, human rights and other matters, and about the real Lusia and her true role in my life. Late in 1974 a German correspondent brought me a gift from Solzhenitsyn, a copy of The Oak and the Calf, with a warm and complimentary inscription from the author. I already knew what was in it, and when I saw the inscription, I couldn't help exclaiming, "Solzhenitsyn really offended me in this book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sakharov: Sakharov And Solzhenitsyn: a Difference in Principle | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

...opposed to 17% in the cities) said they engaged in less than a minute of foreplay or none at all. Partly as a result, 37% of the rural wives reported having pain during intercourse. Observes Liu: "The males are so rude as to give their partners no time to warm up." Pan found that men reached orgasm about 70% of the time, in contrast to 40% for women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Straight Talk on Sex in China | 5/14/1990 | See Source »

...Tokyo the warm trade winds have brought on a mood of relief. The two countries still have many points of friction over a range of products, from auto parts to semiconductors, and the U.S. trade deficit with Japan remains stuck at a hefty $50 billion. But the ominous phrase trade war, so ubiquitous only two months ago, no longer seems appropriate at a time when Carla Hills suddenly has so many admirers in Tokyo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sailing On Warm Trade Winds | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

Term limitation is not a new idea. The Continental Congress precluded members from serving longer than three years in any six-year period. More recently, Presidents Truman and Eisenhower advocated a cutoff, as did the 1988 Republican Party platform. First-time candidates, too, often warm to the notion, but most back off after election. For addiction to office, Arizona Senator Dennis DeConcini takes the prize. A staple of DeConcini's successful 1988 campaign for a third six-year term was his claim that he could better fight for a twelve-year limitation if he was in the Senate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest: Congress: Twelve Is Enough | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

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