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...stakes are huge for the Wildcats. Even a win doesn't guarantee them a spot in the Fiesta, but they'll do no worse than the Sugar. A loss, though, could drop them to the Alamo Bowl, with the Aggies ending up in New Orleans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BCS `Solution' a Mystery | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...Lord Jamar and Derrick--now Sadat--X weren't respected: their memorable appearances on Tribe's "Show Business" and Diamond D's "A Day in the Life" still get props. And how ridiculous is "Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down," Brand Nubian's first post-Grand Puba & DJ Alamo single, to this day? Play it at your girl's birthday party, and everybody'll get open, guaranteed (as long as they're old enough...

Author: By Andres A. Ramos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Brand New Nubian | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

...included 87-year-old political scientist Samuel Beer, who on his first visit to the White House shook hands with a newly inaugurated Warren Harding and years later wrote speeches for F.D.R.; lapsed conservative Michael Lind, whose literary credits include an epic poem on the siege at the Alamo; Dan Yergin, an energy expert who has lately been extolling the virtues of the global economy; and Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, one of the first social scientists to identify the serious, long-term costs of divorce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Last Campaign | 1/26/1998 | See Source »

...Thus, arrayed in Fort Davis, Texas, against McLaren, his wife and five lieutenants were officers of the Texas department of public safety, Texas Rangers, border-patrol agents, Texas National Guard troops, Texas parks and wildlife agents, FBI agents, SWAT teams, armored personnel carriers and bloodhounds. "This is not the Alamo, and I'm not Davy Crockett," said Texas public-safety spokesman Mike Cox. "All we are trying to do is serve major-felony warrants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REMEMBER THE TEXAS EMBASSY? | 5/12/1997 | See Source »

...until I was 50. The tumor that was discovered was large and aggressive, but I am hopeful that my surgery was in time. Currently, researchers are looking mainly at older patients. We also need to focus more attention on the diagnosis and treatment of younger men. RICHARD SIGEL Alamo, California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 22, 1996 | 4/22/1996 | See Source »

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