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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mistake. The black guy he was talking to was sure he'd used the N word. Howard tried to explain that niggardly is a legitimate word meaning 'miserly' and has no racial connotation, to no avail. In a flash everybody in city hall thought Howard had called the black worker a you-know-what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Other N Word | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...Wrinn, who as director of the News Officehas worked closely with Huppe, said hisco-worker's departure is a loss for theUniversity...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: University Spokesperson Huppe to Step Down in May | 2/5/1999 | See Source »

...close-knit and few women have the means to live alone. Jordanian authorities have a bizarre remedy: they jail endangered women. "Rafa," 20, was locked up in an Amman prison after her uncles and brothers vowed to murder her for having a three-day affair with a co-worker. At any one time, Jordan's prisons may house 70 such women. Sometimes they are released after their families promise not to harm them, though that is no guarantee. Suzanne's male relatives signed such a pledge before Sirhan killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Price of Honor | 1/18/1999 | See Source »

...either. First he said he was going to make little baby clones for infertile couples. Then last September--"to defuse criticism that I'm taking advantage of desperate women"--he announced that he would first clone himself. Now he says he will re-create his wife Gloria, an office worker at a FORTUNE 500 company in downtown Chicago. "She's not as excited about it as I am," he says without a hint of irony, "but she's willing to help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seed of Controversy | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

...procrastinator making a worthy attempt at academic diligence--please, make no study break suggestions. Do not ask the procrastinator for notes, opinions, time or attention. In fact, just walk past and leave her to her books. After all, the procrastinator needs support during the difficult transition to Good Worker...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Our Town PAM WASSERSTEIN | 1/8/1999 | See Source »

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