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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time leader in steals--with 104 more than any other Harvard player--leaped high in the air to snare a Mountain Hawk pass at the top of the key on Harvard's end of the floor. She began the break and dished a pass to the right block where fellow senior Alison Seanor had one defender between her and an easy deuce...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, | Title: Re-Writing the Record Books | 1/29/1998 | See Source »

Congregation members in attendance at last Tuesday night's meeting also voiced concern over the likelihood that the large building will block sunlight from illuminating several stained glass windows on the eastern side of the chapel...

Author: By Nicholas A. Nash, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Neighbors Oppose Knafel | 1/28/1998 | See Source »

...break even. But CBS, now No. 2 in the ratings, is in serious need of programming events, young viewers and more male viewers. Even if CBS takes a loss, football becomes part of an overall strategy to regain the top spot on the network heap. "This is a building block," says Neal Pilson, a sports-television consultant and former president of CBS Sports. "An expensive building block." If football can increase prime-time ratings by 1 point, "That could throw $50 million to the bottom line for a full season," says Pilson. For the stations, that can mean an additional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thrown for a Loss by the NFL | 1/26/1998 | See Source »

Neither of the companies is a member of the League of American Theatres and Producers, and so they can negotiate more favorable union contracts. Each is rethinking the Broadway business in creative ways. Livent has set aside a block of VIP seats for each performance of Ragtime; at $125 a pop, high rollers get access to such amenities as a private lounge, free drinks and bathrooms that don't have lines snaking into the orchestra pit. To satisfy the overwhelming demand for Lion King seats, Disney chairman Michael Eisner has suggested starting a second company in the same theater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Hooray, Big Spenders | 1/26/1998 | See Source »

Daily Spin "We're more interested in the 277 failures than in the success." -- Acting FDA commissioner Dr. Michael Friedman, on the number of tries it took to clone a sheep. Friedman was explaining one reason the agency intends to block attempts to clone humans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Front Page | 1/20/1998 | See Source »

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