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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...floods and mud slides that have devastated Venezuela--and that may have killed as many as 30,000 people--were an all too foreseeable tragedy. Millions of people inhabit Caracas' ranchos, the squalid shantytowns that cling to both sides of the 6,000-ft. mountains ringing the capital. And for decades those people have fought a Sisyphean battle to keep their rickety tin, cardboard and clay-block houses from tumbling down the washed-out slopes during heavy rains. Hundreds have died in past downpours, but as los ranchos kept swelling in size and population, it was only a matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Venezuela: Entombed In The Mud | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

...Maybe not, say some physicists. In one interpretation of quantum physics, the world splits at each moment into an infinite number of universes that proceed in parallel; if you killed your grandfather, it might be in an alternate universe, so it would have no effect on the universe you inhabit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Riddle of Time | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...Shades of the Farrelly brothers inhabit this early slapstick about a nebbishy city-dweller played by (surprise!) Allen who somehow winds up in a backwards Latin American republic. The film plays upon stereotypes to no end, but its frequently hilarious and neatly demonstrates the fun of Allens immature work...

Author: By Edwin Rosenberg, | Title: Woody's Overlooked Gems | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

Part of the problem lies in the fractured nature of the campus landscape. Students inhabit niches--they chose to devote the bulk of their energies to one or two extracurricular pursuits. Regardless of what they accomplish in their particular fields, they rarely attain a prominence that transcends their immediate sphere of interest. As a result, there are star athletes, well-known writers, respected performers, and council powerbrokers, but rarely are there students who have built reputations that permeate the many sectors of undergraduate life...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: That Leadership Thing | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

Though the Navy says the Vieques training range is vital to military readiness, Perl-Matanzo's supporters maintain that the Navy's presence has been devastating to the 9,300 Viequenses who inhabit the island...

Author: By David C. Newman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Professors Urge Clinton to Remove Navy From Vieques | 11/3/1999 | See Source »

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