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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ideal situation, this kind of espionage would come under the purview of an international authority such as the United Nations. But who would believe that the U.N. could administrate a fair and yet effective arm for this altruistic espionage? Even such a broadly-based group, which would inevitably be perceived as the instrument of the United States, would find its share of avowed enemies and alienate a fair number of smaller U.N. members...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Back In the Cold | 3/13/1995 | See Source »

...Nashville and then addressed his 40 top local financiers at a genteel Governor's-mansion lunch. He later huddled with country-music star Ray Stevens (A-hab the A-rab) to plan the entertainment for a $2 million fund-raising dinner this Monday and then dashed to a small arm-twisting reception on Nashville's storied southwest side around dusk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MONEY CHASE | 3/13/1995 | See Source »

...whiskey, perhaps staring at the apple slices in the giant jar of vodka or the bottled snake on the liquor shelf. When a wine bar opened next door, Leeson spent more and more time there. "It's like an old boys' club, where the guys smoke cigars in leather arm chairs," said Johnny Walker, the bartender at 5 Emerald Hill. Leeson began to learn to buy wine. One of his last purchases, says Walker, was a $93 bottle of St. Emilion 1990, Chateau Trottevieille. "He was a nice guy," says Walker. "He always paid his bills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicholas Leeson: GOING FOR BROKE | 3/13/1995 | See Source »

Jeff Matthews made a rush up the right side of the net and fired a shot to the left corner of the net. Tracy gloved it with an extended arm and held onto the puck as he fell to the ice, and Harvard was still alive. That save came less than a minute after he had poked away the puck on Jeff O'Connor's breakaway...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: Goalies Pumped for Playoffs | 3/11/1995 | See Source »

Given the ups-and-downs of the season, one would suppose that the team could use the shot in the arm that a rowdy, excitable Section 12 could provide...

Author: By Michael E. Ginsberg, | Title: Wake Up, Students | 3/11/1995 | See Source »

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