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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Venezuelans may agree with President Chavez on the causes of the country's high flood-death toll, but they may not like his solutions. Chavez blamed the "criminal irresponsibility" of previous governments for the estimated 50,000 deaths from last week's floods, citing the widespread construction of illegal shantytowns on hillsides. The left-leaning populist president warned that there would be no rebuilding of some of the worst-hit neighborhoods, and that people would be forbidden from building in areas vulnerable to mudslides. And while the former paratrooper has earned top marks for his hands-on supervision of relief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rebuilding Venezuela a Challenge for Chavez | 12/22/1999 | See Source »

...just turned in my fourth paper in a week-and-a-half and blah, blah, blah...you know what I mean and you probably have had it worse...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Goin' Bohlen: Mindless Drivel for Your Holiday Fun | 12/21/1999 | See Source »

...like Phoenix Suns forward Tom Gugliotta to get healthy. He suffered a seizure last week and has been sitting out the last few games. He's a good player, one of the most underrated in the NBA, but more importantly, I just hope for his health...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Goin' Bohlen: Mindless Drivel for Your Holiday Fun | 12/21/1999 | See Source »

...year 1999 draws rapidly to a close, much of the Harvard community seems more preoccupied with holiday parties and the prospect of a two-week vacation than with a potential Y2K-related catastrophe...

Author: By M. ARI Behar and Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Y2K Fails to Frustrate Faculty | 12/21/1999 | See Source »

...loving this. President Clinton Wednesday warned Americans at home to be vigilant against possible terrorist attacks over the holidays, following earlier warnings by National Security Adviser Sandy Berger and a State Department travel advistory warning Americans abroad to stay away from crowds. Official concern has been heightened by last week's arrest of 13 suspected terrorists in Jordan and the capture of Algerian Ahmed Ressam at a U.S. border post at the weekend with bomb-making equipment in the trunk of his car. Ressam was indicted Wednesday on charges of attempting to smuggle explosives into the U.S., and pleaded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton Warns of Terrorism Danger | 12/21/1999 | See Source »

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