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...Miami, I would always play backyard football with my friends and the neighborhood kids. The quarterback we imitated most was always a toss-up between Dan Marino and Gino Torretta (you know, the 1992 Heisman Trophy winner from the University of Miami and perhaps one of the best collegiate quarterbacks of the past decade...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tenacious D: Hurricanes Nostalgia | 10/12/2000 | See Source »

...time to realize that this Great Leap Quadward, with its glorious rationalization of society and shuttle times, has failed as miserably as backyard iron smelters. Although the schedule has fixed some mid-day shuttle droughts, Quadlings' convenience would best be served by reverting to the greater number of shuttles at hard-to-remember but useful times rather than maintaining the revised schedule. The next time (and hopefully it will be soon) that the council and House Committees lobby to change the shuttle schedule, we hope that it will consult more of the actual students affected. After all, the Quad...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: A Defeat for Central Planning | 10/11/2000 | See Source »

...black bears that wander into the backyard can be pretty exciting. But visitors to the eminently cozy Mount Juneau Inn in Juneau, Alaska, tend to save their best reviews for Leo, the bed-and-breakfast's low-key resident MacKenzie River husky. "He's the world's greatest dog," raves New Jerseyite Christine de Vries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Northern Exposure: MOUNT JUNEAU INN, JUNEAU, ALASKA | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

...pair) comes with an FM radio, earphones and fold-down antenna, but we found its reception to be among the worst of the bunch. The colorful Radio Shack Two-Way Personal Radios are currently on sale at $50 a pair but have only two channels and are best for backyard fun or neighborhood parks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10-4, Good Buddy | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

That fight was on Heinecke's turf. Because New York State law governs his contract with Tricon, he will have to win his next fight in his opponent's backyard. If Heinecke wins, he will take whatever damages-award money he gets and rebrand his stores into another pizza franchise. Although Tricon is building new Pizza Huts, Heinecke will still be the big cheese in the local pizza market because his stores are already in the best locations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand's Big Cheese | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

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