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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...economies. But it prefers not to foot the enormous bill alone or impose diktats from Washington. Many of the suggestions the IMF makes to borrowers, often in close consultation with the Treasury, are sound. But few of the nations are in any shape to digest, implement and enforce the Wizard of Oz transformations the institution wants. The fund needs to abandon its attempt to enforce deep structural reforms and focus instead on resuscitating these economies, particularly by helping them pay off their crippling short-term debt and managing their sliding currencies. The IMF may be right that these sick economies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is The IMF Killing Off Its Patients? | 8/31/1998 | See Source »

...Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. FrankBaum

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Class Ranks Top 100 Novels of 20th Century | 7/24/1998 | See Source »

...uncomfortable watching it. Part of me doesn?t want to know Frank Horrigan, what his past is, who at the office he has the hots for. I still want him to save the President, but I don?t want to meet him until afterward. Lift the curtain and the wizard grows smaller. Lift the mirrored sunglasses and yank out the earpiece, and the Secret Service man loses his invincibility. He is no longer a wall between peril and the President, he?s a guy in a gray suit with a lousy home life. And that makes me nervous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In His Potato?s Secret Service | 7/17/1998 | See Source »

...hurts me deeply to know that a boy I raised... could find it in himself to take a life. The deed cannot be undone but I hope we can all find it in our hearts to go forward in peace and with love for all." Even the Imperial Wizard from the nearby town of Vidor sent condolences. The Klan, he wrote, had nothing to gain from the "senseless tragedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beneath The Surface | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

...Godfather, Part 2 (1974). C'mon -- the fishing boat scene? The abortion speech? Admit it -- this is a better film than Part 1, even without Sonny. 5: Gone With the Wind (1939). How can you not like a film that features the burning of Atlanta? 4: The Wizard of Oz (1939). To understand how great this movie is, remember this: Generations of us faithfully watched it on TV once a year, and loved it every time. 3: Badlands (1973). Highly underappreciated -- it's shocking this didn't even make the AFI's list. 2: Citizen Kane (1941). Saying this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Gathering of Potatoes | 6/19/1998 | See Source »

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