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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Chicago housing project. Kotlowitz notes that Mother Teresa has visited Chicago's underclass -- and was honestly shocked. "We're talking about second and third generations of children growing in communities like this. It's breaking the spiritual back of the people," he says. And each time that particular wheel is rediscovered, he notes, "we say, 'Oh, my God.' And then nothing is done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calcutta, Illinois | 2/14/1994 | See Source »

...staff is wrong to support such a measure which will invariably make it easier for teenagers to poison themselves and kill others while sitting behind the wheel of a car. That is, unless the staff (which I assume supports the protection of health, happiness and life) wishes to be inconsistent itself...

Author: By Jonathan Samuels, | Title: Teen Drinking is Dangerous | 2/10/1994 | See Source »

This town, Gilbert feels, is what keeps him from doing better. Home for the Grapes is Endora, obviously christened by screenwriter Peter Hedges after the verb "to endure." Run-down and depressed, Endora suffers from and delights in the great wheel of American capitalism. What keeps Gilbert planted in this morbid spot is Momma (Darlene Cates). Most of the time Momma sits planted on a sofa in front of the TV, where she sleeps at night, and where the girls dutifully pull up a table at meal times. Meanwhile, the house, which Mr. Grape built and died in, has rotted...

Author: By Katherine C. Raff, | Title: The Wrath of Grape | 1/21/1994 | See Source »

...process, the product has deteriorated. Riding around in their Mercedes, the Bigwigs right now probably don't care. But when more people tune in for Wheel of Fortune reruns this year than the NBA finals, the message might get across...

Author: By John C. Ausiello, | Title: NBA Problems | 12/18/1993 | See Source »

...order to conform. In the end, balance is the key. What are the chances that a baby will be born with a genetic disease? How serious is the disease? How strong is the love between the potential parents? Are they willing to gamble their future on a scientific roulette wheel...

Author: By Arvind M. Krishnamurthy, | Title: Listening to DNA | 12/14/1993 | See Source »

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