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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Recently, Jackson has made headlines and sparked controversy by orchestrating the release of three American POWs from Kosovo. Jackson went ahead on his mission without the consent of the State Department...

Author: By Jared S. Wasserman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Jackson to Deliver KSG Address | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

Recently, Jackson has made headlines and sparked controversy by orchestrating the release of three American POWs from Kosovo. Jackson went ahead on his mission without the consent of the State Department...

Author: By Jared S. Wasserman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Jackson to Speak at Kennedy School Class Day | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

...Directed by visiting artist Diane Paulus of the Project 400 Theater Group, a New York-based theater company whose stated mission is to redefine what people think theater is, King Kong is a show that is as challenging as it is engaging. Loosely based on Richard Wagner's 1848 opera Lohengrin, which in turn was based on a German version of an Arthurian legend, Paulus's multimedia production tells the story of the virtuous knight Lohengrin and his efforts to save and marry Elsa, a princess unjustly accused of murder...

Author: By David Kornhaber, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mixing a Tape of B-Side and an Ape of Wagner, Hip-Hop Rocks the Opera | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

Directed by visiting artist Diane Paulus of the Project 400 Theater Group, a New York-based theater company whose stated mission is to redefine what people think theater is, King Kong is a show that is as challenging as it is engaging. Loosely based on Richard Wagner's 1848 opera Lohengrin, which in turn was based on a German version of an Arthurian legend, Paulus's multimedia production tells the story of the virtuous knight Lohengrin and his efforts to save and marry Elsa, a princess unjustly accused of murder...

Author: By David Kornhaber, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Taping Hip-Hop, Aping Wagner | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

Indeed, despite Jackson's mission and quieter diplomatic peace overtures by the Russians, there was no letup in NATO's air war. Last week the Pentagon announced that 10 additional B-52 heavy bombers would join several others launching attacks against Yugoslavia. The additional bombers will add 500-lb. iron bombs for attacks on troop concentrations, as well as precision-guided, Israeli-made missiles that carry 1,000-lb. warheads. Meanwhile, about 12 hours before word of the release reached Washington, Clinton imposed a U.S. trade embargo on the Yugoslav republic of Serbia, intent on choking off the supply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mission Improbable | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

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