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...started, as most things do freshman year, in Annenberg. Although I had been a caffeine-hungry Coke aficionado, in the past few months I have switched my beverage genre entirely. Instead of uniting with the soda lines, I have followed my own path to the majesty of the chocolate milk dispenses. The novelty of constant chocolatey goodness sends me tumbling through mental ecstasy and I yearn for the creamy sweetness coating my tongue and throat. I am hooked. I drink it at every meal...

Author: By Vicky C. Hallett, | Title: always the baby | 3/11/1999 | See Source »

...started, as most things do freshman year, in Annenberg. Although I had been a caffeine-hungry Coke aficionado, in the past few months I have switched my beverage genre entirely. Instead of uniting with the soda lines, I have followed my own path to the majesty of the chocolate milk dispenser. The novelty of constant chocolatey goodness sends me tumbling through mental ecstasy and I yearn for the creamy sweetness coating my tongue and throat. I am hooked. I drink it at every meal...

Author: By Vicky C. Hallett, | Title: Endpaper: Always the Baby | 3/11/1999 | See Source »

ENGAGED. POPEYE, hard-bodied spinach aficionado; to his sweetheart of 70 years, OLIVE OYL. The heretofore noncommittal couple will wed next month in a special comic book called The Wedding of Popeye and Olive. Bluto has been invited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jan. 18, 1999 | 1/18/1999 | See Source »

Lucky's vision of replacing traditional Sicilian strong-arm methods with a corporate structure, a board of directors and systematic infiltration of legitimate enterprise failed to impress Maranzano. An ancient-history aficionado and would-be Julius Caesar, Maranzano aspired to be boss of all bosses. Most of all, he wanted to avoid Caesar's fatal miscalculation. He found Lucky too ambitious, too enterprising, too dangerous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LUCKY LUCIANO: Criminal Mastermind | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

Every football aficionado will tell you that the key ingredient to a team's success is its defense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football Relies on Old Formula for Success: Tough Defense | 10/13/1998 | See Source »

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