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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Still, it's probably in everybody's interest to stall. Republicans won't look good if they actually succeed in defeating ratification, which would effectively scuttle the whole treaty and give the green light to India and Pakistan to continue their game of nuclear-test chicken. And it doesn't help the U.S. image overseas if its president is seen as writing checks his Congress won't cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: White House Plays for Time on Test Ban Treaty | 10/10/1999 | See Source »

Candidate Elizabeth "Tad" Kenney said caring teachers are the deciding factor when financially disadvantaged kids succeed anyway...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: School Committee Hopefuls Debate Budgets, Testing | 10/7/1999 | See Source »

...with a Harvard degree, there are many ways to succeed...

Author: By Timothy L. Warren, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Endorses Rhodes, Marshall Candidates | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

Doubtless, most people who succeed upon graduation from Harvard would have done just as well graduating from another university. But Harvard does give us the chance to meet one another, and as you go through the typical college experience of partying, studying, and having late-night chats about Wittgenstein and existentialism, do keep that in mind...

Author: By Bree Z. Tollinger, | Title: The Real Purpose of Harvard | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...aphorisms in the same way that the tabloid Shopper's Guide has supplanted his Little Red Book. But the Chinese are discovering that while getting rich is marvelous, it can also be numbing. Communism and its concordant atheism remain the state religion. Indeed, Hu Jintao, a contender to succeed President Jiang, built his career partly on suppressing Tibetan Buddhist followers of the Dalai Lama and, it is believed, supported the crackdown on Falun Gong, the mystic sect that claims millions of members in China. As a sign of his ascendancy, Hu, a civilian, was elevated last week to the vice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside China's Search For Its Soul | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

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