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...WEEKEND BEFORE LAST, moviegoers spent $37.8 million to see the new Jim Carrey comedy, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls--more money than the combined take of Nos. 2 through 20 on the box-office list. Few films have achieved such instant dominance, and certainly none so awful as this sequel, about the pet detective's trip to Africa to find a precious white bat and prevent a war between two backward tribes. Nearly the best one can say of Ace 2 is that it's blithely, ceaselessly racist...
...Unit"; the Mariners were 27-3 in games he started, and Johnson led Seattle to the playoffs for the first time in team history. Monday, Atlanta's Greg Maddux on Monday won the award given to the National League's best pitcher for the fourth straight year. The ace of the Braves' pitching staff dominated the league this year, with an NL-high 19 wins and a 1.63 earned run average, and led the Braves to their first world championship since 1957. The diminutive Maddux, who TIME's Steve Wulf calls "the best pitcher of his generation," beat out several...
Atlanta's Greg Maddux on Monday won the award given to the National League's best pitcher for the fourth straight year. The ace of the Braves' pitching staff dominated the league this year, with an NL-high 19 wins and a 1.63 earned run average, and led the Braves to their first world championship since 1957. The diminutive Maddux, who TIME's Steve Wulf calls "the best pitcher of his generation," beat out several others including Hideo Nomo, the Los Angeles Dodgers Rookie of the Year...
Such a sterile newspaper setup is probably the brainchild of some business school students who this weekend thoroughly enjoyed the "butter-flavored topping" on their large popcorn (it's the best buy) at the Ace Ventura sequel. These M.B.A.'s are getting better and better at increasing corporations' profits. Though the average Joe might think Gannett and Knight-Ridder are deep in the hole from such a loss, $100 million over four or so years just isn't that much money--especially when we consider the national implications of holding firm...
...Piniella had taken a gamble on an unproven 22-year-old rookie, Bob Wolcott, and Wolcott came through with a surprising and winning performance, even though he had walked the bases full with nobody out in the first inning. There was Wolcott sitting with the 6-ft. 10-in. ace of the staff, Randy Johnson. The veteran patted Wolcott on the leg as if to say, "Nice going, kid," and Wolcott grinned from...