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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...eyesight before LASIK was about 20/900--which amounts to being legally blind. Three weeks after LASIK, I am at 20/50. I'm using artificial tears pretty regularly, but I am thrilled that I can see what I could not before. Was I expecting better? Sure! Am I satisfied? You bet! LARRY JOACHIM Sugar Land, Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 1, 1999 | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...bet I am. That's what big brothers...

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

...Eight Ball: My first prediction is that this week, for only the second time all season, the Jets will not lose. That?s right, the football gods have blessed them with a bye week. As for the actually functioning gridiron gruelers, a sure bet is the Redskins over the Bears - even giving eight and a half points. The Bears have the misfortune of getting in the Skins' way when Washington feels they have something to prove. Brad Johnson has always been able to channel adversity into clutch performances, so look for punchless Chi-town to get mauled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NFL: On Top of the Covers | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

With all three Moores on one team, the stands at Bright Hockey Center may seem a little crowded. It is a safe bet that the huge extended Moore family will be coming down from Canada to see a lot of games. Anna has 12 siblings, each of whom has a family. Nine of them are bringing their families down for the games against Dartmouth and Vermont...

Author: By Elizabeth M. Lewis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Gets Some Moores | 10/27/1999 | See Source »

...yelled at him. No, it wasn't a riot, but the final curtain call at this month's world premiere of A View from the Bridge, William Bolcom's operatic version of Miller's 1955 play about love and death on the Brooklyn waterfront. The Lyric Opera of Chicago bet big on Bolcom, giving his American-style grand opera a production worthy of Aida, and the horse paid off: View packs the theatrical punch of a double boilermaker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doo-Wop And Knife Fights | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

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