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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...says Chicago Bulls guard Steve Kerr. The owners insist on a firm salary cap for each team, to reduce the share of revenue that goes to players. (Last year it was 57% of about $1.7 billion.) To that end, the owners have proposed phasing out the so-called Larry Bird exception, which lets each team break its salary cap ($26.9 million per franchise last season) to retain its popular veteran free agents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greedheads of Basketball | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...bird! It's a plane! No, it's Suzuki's Hayabusa (Japanese for falcon), said to be the fastest "street-legal" sport bike ever made. Its 1,300-cc engine and aerodynamic design enable the bike to reach 186 m.p.h., leaving the current champ, the Honda Blackbird, in the dust. What good is having a vehicle that can go three times the speed limit? Ask any guy with a Ferrari...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Technology Oct. 19, 1998 | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

When Alley Loeb was a junior she started listening to bird-call chants...

Author: By Avra VAN Der zee and Carlin E. Wing, S | Title: OH THE PLACES YOU'LL GO! | 10/15/1998 | See Source »

...Ibis back on top of the Lampoon Castle. Everyone knows that scurrilous under-graduate politicos have squirreled the unfortunate bird away in University Hall and, frankly, the remainder of the College community wants that little fowl-ic symbol of good humor back...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DARTBOARD | 10/9/1998 | See Source »

...Topsfield's many attractions is the Midway, a section of the festival devoted to tests of skill and strength. If the soundtrack to Mortal Kombat blaring in the background doesn't inspire you to play your best Whack-A-Mole, perhaps the exciting prospect of winning the enormous Tweety Bird hanging over your head will. Whether it's shooting a water gun into a clown's mouth or maneuvering a mechanical claw over a bounty of stuffed animals, these games are nearly as addicting as they are difficult. With crafty vendors eager to lure you into "just one more game...

Author: By Richard D. Ma, | Title: Party 'Til The Cows Come Home | 10/8/1998 | See Source »

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