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They love the old man, and he clearly loves them. The argument here: Richard Williams, crazy as a loon and sly as a fox, is, in the wasteland of girls' tennis dads, an oasis of stability. Peter Graf's tax crimes and social infidelities polluted Steffi's final years as a champion; Pierce's belligerent dad was barred from the stands on the women's tour; at Wimbledon the Australian prodigy Jelena Dokic fought to a semifinal berth only after her father, having stormed the grounds ranting, got himself nabbed by police. The screwiest thing Richard Williams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All in the Family Jewels | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

...Quincy resident reported to CPD that while at Sennott Park, he was involved in an argument with a homeless man who slapped him in the face and proceeded to slash at him with a knife...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Log | 7/14/2000 | See Source »

Great article by the way. Of course you do know that this, and who was the best team of all time, is the best way to start an argument, but it's a great and healthy way to spend time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All-Time Top Ten: The Readers Give Us an Earful | 7/13/2000 | See Source »

...there, he defended those of us who were simply feverish for football and less so for the Christian prayer we heard on game days. Yet as much as I agree with the high court's ruling as a matter of principle, my own experience might make an argument for the other side. Rather than feeling an increased "sense of isolation and affront," as the court warns us those in the religious minority might experience, I sometimes found an unexpected degree of the opposite: inclusion and camaraderie with my teammates after taking part in the pregame prayers, a solemn connection that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Praise the Lord and Pass the Football | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

That was the argument Al Gore made last week, trying to use that "razor-thin" margin to stir up women. At an energy event in Ohio, the Vice President tossed out his script and launched a discussion of the high court's future, warning that the election "will decide whether or not we keep a woman's right to choose or see it taken away." This may sound like campaign hyperbole, but it isn't. Three of the Justices nearing retirement--John Paul Stevens, 80; Sandra Day O'Connor, 70; and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 67 (all have battled cancer)--belong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Electing the Supreme Court | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

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