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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The United States apologized for the incident, saying the troops were unaware the home was a diplomatic residence when they entered it--over the protests of Ambassador Antenor Ferrey--to search for weapons. President Bush said it was a "screw-up" but questioned what the numerous weapons found by troops...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: First U.S. Troops Return From Panama | 1/3/1990 | See Source »

Campus issues shrink before the lofty questions they now pose. Here's one: What happened to American economic hegemony?

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Geeks Get Wild | 1/3/1990 | See Source »

If this is so--and it certainly is in many cases--then the Nerds shouldn't be railing against their own persecution. They should be grateful for it, because it makes them what they are.

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Geeks Get Wild | 1/3/1990 | See Source »

To joke is at least to passively condone. Even if these jokes are just vestiges of past attitudes--which I wish they were--still, to make them, and especially to publish them, is to reinforce the bigotry they express. I am not accusing anyone of being a rapist. However, I...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lampoon Cartoon Sexism | 1/3/1990 | See Source »

Museums in Brunswick and Munich have bought some of the old clunkers to preserve what is perhaps the humblest symbol of one of the most extraordinary years in German history. Concluded Auto Motor und Sport: "The plain Beetle became a symbol of our economic miracle. The Trabant, its simple counterpart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transportation How Do You Double the Value Of a Trabant? | 1/1/1990 | See Source »