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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...once again but without realizing it, in an immediate postwar period. The cold war was world war in every respect but one. It was a great struggle between two massive alliances conducted on every continent and at every level of struggle -- economic, political and military -- save one: the existence of nuclear weapons outlawed direct military engagement between the great powers. Which is why the cold war is not recognized for what it was -- World War III. And in 1989 it ended just like the first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Don't Cash the Peace Dividend | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

First, simply, they can save the theatergoer time. In a week stuffed with plays, movies and concerts, you have to make a choice, and a lucid, well-written review combined with general word-of-mouth can give you a good idea whether or not a production is worth checking...

Author: By David M. Edelstein -, | Title: An Explanation of the Role of Student Reviewers on Campus | 3/23/1990 | See Source »

...none, that it provided a balance of courses in the social sciences that gave me a picture of how they all fit together and thus kept disciplinary boundaries from prematurely narrowing my range of interests, and that it prepared me well--better, I think, than any other undergraduate concentration save Economics would have--for graduate study in the social sciences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How Sociology Differs From Gov and Ec | 3/21/1990 | See Source »

Howard Witt plays Cymbeline, King of Britain, a man trying to save his country from the Romans and his daughter from a deplorable misalliance. The role has some emotional potential, but Witt is unable to rise above his encumbering royal robes, and succeeds only in seeming like a temperamental...

Author: By Ashwini Sukthankar, | Title: Huntington Shreds Shakespeare's Cymbeline | 3/20/1990 | See Source »

COVER: When the very technology that can save lives is only prolonging death, how should a patient decide whether to stop treatment -- or help death along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page: Mar. 19, 1990 | 3/19/1990 | See Source »

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