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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...said he was protesting in part to protect C.E. Floyd's own workers...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: Picketers Protest Use Of Non-Union Labor | 6/28/1996 | See Source »

...what she wants. Last August after Moceanu finished the compulsory round of the U.S. championships in second place, she sat poker-faced at Karolyi's side as he told reporters, "I wouldn't mind if Dominique had a strong showing in optionals and finished second. It would protect her a little from the pressures of being No. 1." Asked to respond, Moceanu blurted, "I want to win!", leaving Karolyi laughing and shaking his head. After she did just that two nights later, making her the youngest U.S. champion in history, Moceanu still refused to take her cues from Karolyi. Once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DOMINIQUE MOCEANU: FLEXIBLE FLYER | 6/28/1996 | See Source »

...unwarranted censorship of free speech." Yet after the court ruling last week, the President issued a statement reaffirming his conviction that "our Constitution allows us to help parents by enforcing this Act" and promising "to do everything I can in my Administration to give families every available tool to protect their children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FREE SPEECH FOR THE NET | 6/24/1996 | See Source »

...Noachian-flood proportions would have deluged every province of the planet. The survivors, should there have been any, wouldn't know what had happened. Perhaps they would refer to an act of God that cleansed the planet of a sordid past. Thank God there are prudent souls working to protect us from such an event. ROBERT D. BROWN Lincoln, Nebraska Via E-mail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 24, 1996 | 6/24/1996 | See Source »

...tooth grinding that got me to God. I didn't know I was on a spiritual path at the time. I couldn't face the prospect of wearing a night guard to protect my teeth from stress, and the alternative I stumbled onto was meditation, which I'd read about in a Deepak Chopra book. If it could help people facing terrible things like cancer, why not my molars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMBUSHED BY SPIRITUALITY | 6/24/1996 | See Source »

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