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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Princeton, despite being the tournament's top seed and possessing a league-record nine Ivy titles--including the previous four straight--struggled against Harvard. The outcome showed that the Tigers' bark was worse than their bite...

Author: By Dena J. Springer, | Title: W. Spikers Finish Strong | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

...devolved is Sandy Berger, the National Security Council chief who missed getting the job last year by a whisker of his perpetual five o'clock shadow. Aides say Berger is much more of a disciplinarian than Bowles or Leon Panetta, and unafraid to give Clinton bad news with the bark off. An Asia specialist who enjoys the support of the First Lady, Berger is also intensely political and was one of Clinton's first backers in 1988. What Berger lacks is the chumminess and personal chemistry that Clinton enjoys with Bowles. Clinton might also be reluctant to shuffle his foreign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SANDY MAY BE DANDY | 5/26/1997 | See Source »

...course, it's amusing when Kitty, who is pregnant and has a nasty case of morning sickness, sends pails of vomit to the neighbors. It's amusing when Beep and Kitty call their neighbors and bark into the phone. It's even amusing when Kitty decides to send poison gas through the pipes, attempting to kill everyone in the building. But none of it's amusing for very long, since the same basic joke is repeated relentlessly...

Author: By Mary-beth A. Muchmore, | Title: Problems with the Neighbors, Neighbors with Problems | 4/10/1997 | See Source »

...money. I would agree with the general manager of Gates Bar-B-Q, in my hometown, who was quoted in the Kansas City Star as saying that a lot of people on the coast are skinny because they've developed an interest in eating "roots and bark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRIDE OF THE PUDGY | 3/24/1997 | See Source »

...suppose you read that item in the Washington Post about the study indicating that patriotism varies in direct proportion to fatness," I said to Ariel, although I knew perfectly well that Ariel is too busy weighing out portions of roots and bark on her kitchen scale to read the Washington Post...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRIDE OF THE PUDGY | 3/24/1997 | See Source »

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