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ID Code Z1053.3T0070005
Title Time : the weekly news magazine
Volume Oct. 11, 1999 Vol.154 No.14
Author
Publisher Time Inc.
Place of Publication Chicago, Ill
Publication Date 1999/10/11
Language 英語 eng
Pages 84
Size (cm) 28
ISSN
TOC ASIA
JAPAN: Ground Zero…24
An accident at a uranium-processing plant spreads fear and radiation throughout the town of Tokaimura-and raises questions about the country's handling of crises
Déjà Vu: What did we learn from Chernobyl?…27
Fallout: Toxic radiation infiltrates a corner of India…28
CHINA: Jiang Zemin's Big Bash…30
The Mao-suited President stages a huge, highly choreographed show to celebrate the People's Republic's 50th anniversary
A Personal Saga: In 1949 a father sent one of his twin sons to Taiwan and kept the other on the mainland. Their story is an epic tale of a divided country's past half-century…32
SOUTH KOREA: Memories of a Massacre…36
American soldiers admit to gunning down a crowd of civilians in the early days of the Korean War
INDIA: Heir Apparent…37
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra may be the country's next political star

THE WORLD
RUSSIA: Into the Quagmire…38
Moscow has little reason to believe its latest invasion of Chechnya will be any more successful than the last one
Young Tough: Vladimir Putin tries to make his mark…40

UNITED STATES
POLITICS: The Center Holds…42
Meet America's most fearless governor. California's Gray Davis has confounded critics on both the left and right

BUSINESS
E-COMMERCE: Bot Power…50
With the help of Amazon.com, bots-the online agents that seek out the cheapest price for goods-are going mainstream

TECHNOLOGY
TELECOMMUNICATIONS: The Wireless Revolution…53
The telephone is converging with the personal computer and the television to perform tasks you never dreamed of

THE ARTS
BOOKS: Making It Up as He Goes…74
How do you tell the story of an unfathomable man? Edmund Morris imagines Ronald Reagan in an authorized biography

LETTERS…8
TRAVEL WATCH…12
MILESTONES…21
YOUR TECHNOLOGY…78
YOUR HEALTH…80
PEOPLE…81
ESSAY…84
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