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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...store shelves almost bare, the ruble is worth about as much as Monopoly money. As increasing numbers of Soviets travel abroad and more foreigners visit the U.S.S.R., Soviets have been exposed to a wide variety of goods that they had not seen before. It's only natural that they develop consumer envy and try to keep up with the Joneskys. Even the government is getting in on the act. The Central Committee has started renting out government dachas, including Stalin's country house on the Black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming: Bolshoi Panty Hose | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

...need not wait, of course, for a catastrophic illness before we develop confidence in our ability to rise to a serious challenge. Confidence is useful on the everyday level. We are stronger than we think. Much stronger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A Nation of Hypochondriacs | 6/18/1990 | See Source »

...some had other neurological disorders, and the rest died from unrelated causes. Using a simple procedure involving common laboratory techniques, the scientists were able to identify 86% of the patients who had been stricken with Alzheimer's. The scientists expect that within two years they will be able to develop a similar test that would detect ADAP in spinal fluid taken from living patients...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ethics: New Hope for Alzheimer's Victims | 6/18/1990 | See Source »

...build it, they will come." That rallying cry, from Universal's hit film Field of Dreams, embodies the sentiment that inspired Stein and MCA to develop 444 acres of snake-infested swamp into the largest U.S. moviemaking complex outside Hollywood and a handsome leisure world nearly twice the size of rival Disney-MGM Studios. With a partner, Britain's Rank Organization, and $640 million worth of muscle and imagination, MCA was ready to pose a serious challenge to Disney, on its own terms, for the hearts, minds and discretionary income of the 13 million tourists who visit Central Florida each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Universal's Swamp of Dreams | 6/18/1990 | See Source »

...lack of a deeper rapport should be no surprise. For one thing, there has been little time to develop any. Counting Gorbachev's trip to New York City in December 1988, when he addressed the United Nations General Assembly and visited briefly with Reagan and the then President-elect, he and Bush have seen each other only three times in the past year and a half, and until last week they had been alone only for about an hour. They have not even heard each other's voices very often. Though Bush incessantly telephones other foreign leaders, he has called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Picture Show | 6/11/1990 | See Source »

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