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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...from where Yuri Khamov waits outside the American embassy in Moscow, an expediter advertises his unwelcome street wisdom: "The Americans let in only those who have sponsors in the U.S.," he says. "Otherwise, they stamp your file with a black stamp, which means, 'Forget about America.' " Khamov, 25, an electrician who wants to settle in Orvado, Colorado, ignores him. Not that the self-appointed expert is wrong: ever since communist control ended, the U.S. embassy has been cherry-picking, allowing only a small fraction of these sweat-stained, hope-driven applicants through. But Khamov and his extended family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Still They Come | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

...commission's proposals would increase lighting outside the square's historic buildings to provide aesthetic unity. Assistant City Manager Michael Rosenberg said he is consulting with the city's electrician and plans to begin this project in the spring...

Author: By Margaret Isa, | Title: Commission: Improve Central Sq. | 10/19/1993 | See Source »

...graduate of the Coyne Trade School, and an electrician by trade, Moore spends his on-duty hours fielding elevator complaint calls, acting as a code compliance officer, and maintaining the vehicles after the warranty period...

Author: By Carrie L. Zinaman, | Title: Harvard Elevators: So Many Stories | 9/28/1993 | See Source »

...movie Jurassic Park, dinosaur fossils are found by a jet-setting paleontologist with a millionaire benefactor and a glamorous female assistant. In real life the relics are more often discovered by the likes of Stan Sacrison, 37, a plumber and electrician who likes to wander around sheep ranches near his home in Buffalo, South Dakota, looking for prehistoric bones. Last May, while scrambling up the side of a butte, he noticed an unusually large pelvic bone and three sun-bleached vertebrae poking out of the siltstone. "I could tell right away it was a Tyrannosaurus rex, because they're really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dispatches the Plumber and the T. Rex | 9/27/1993 | See Source »

...this point the most glaring question would be, why on earth is Alan so overworked? Couldn't student theater groups get someone else to work the lights? Can't Agassiz Theatre afford a professional renovator and electrician? Can't those House productions go to someone else for props, flats, drills, bolts, scenic paint and concise professional advice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Theater Needs Support--and Symonds | 6/7/1993 | See Source »

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