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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quest to attain those lofty goals begins in less than two weeks when Harvard takes on Stephen F. Austin in its season opener in Texas. Although the preseason Ivy League polls pick the Crimson to finish fourth in the league, Melissa and Sarah aim to help prove the so-called experts wrong...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Johnson and Johnson | 11/10/1999 | See Source »

...Heaven (Valusoft; $19.99), a "Christian action game," is to attain enlightenment by playing either a divine or a fallen angel. As a good angel, you wave a sword of the spirit at demons who seem to be wearing little green bikinis. As a fallen angel, you get to stick your claws into those insufferably righteous angels. Guess which one kids are going to pick. So why give the option to be evil? The designers use the free-will argument and note that choosing the fallen angel leads to murder and self-destruction. In the post-Columbine era, that may bear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christian Computer Games | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...First of all, please. Like that matters. Second of all, I guess it's more just the way they go about trying to attain this impossible ideal, with such paternalistic, overbearing measures. Do you know I have to fill out a contract to throw a bash? Talk about sucking away spontaneous fun. The administration seems so content to treat us like little kids, rather than the mature individuals we are. I mean, come on, we all got into Harvard, didn't we? That's got to count for something...

Author: By George W. Hicks, | Title: Harvard, Overheard | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

Martin is an example of a person who persevered and worked hard to attain his dreams. But most important, he and singers Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are examples of the duality of cultures that Hispanic youngsters face every day as they grow up in a bilingual and bicultural environment. I'm glad that my kids have several role models. VIVIAN ALEJANDRO Tucson, Ariz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 14, 1999 | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...when Somalis dragged a G.I.'s body through the streets of their capital. The searing footage, the result of a helicopter assault gone awry, turned Capitol Hill and the American public against the humanitarian Somalia mission overnight. That's what haunts the Clinton team as it struggles to attain victory in Kosovo. "Downed helicopters and dead pilots," an Army officer said last week, "scare this Administration to death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grounded In Kosovo | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

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