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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more precise, the way their parents are arranging for them to play it. Kelly Donnelly's team, the SMC Strikers, offers a good illustration of what is happening to kids' athletics. Not so long ago, games were weekly, teams were local and each sport had its own brief season. And now? "I played varsity soccer in high school and college," says Bob Seiple, a coach for Kelly's team. "During that time, I might have played a total of 50 games. Kelly might play 50 games in a single year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside The Crazy Culture Of Kids Sports | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

...Clinton appointee, Summers is likely to be hunting for a job again in 18 months, and some analysts say that since he is serving under a lame duck president for such a brief period, he may have a difficult time implementing an ambitious agenda...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Treasury Chief Has Harvard Ties | 7/9/1999 | See Source »

...passenger drinking beer. Neither speaks English, and Masino knows only a little Spanish. With TIME translating, we find out the driver has no license, no registration and no keys. He started the car with a screwdriver. When he finds out he's under arrest, he makes a brief move on Masino, then thinks better of it. The passenger's hands, meanwhile, drop down under the seat in the car, maybe to hide something, maybe to get something, and in that moment everything is crystal clear: the potential for the cop to shoot. The potential for the suspect to shoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death On The Beat | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

...with this brief review of my wondrous first-year experience complete, I follow up with a couple of epilogues. The Girl? The One I was destined to be making waffles for at age 73? Well, the following summer, I met another girl, and then another one in the fall, and then another one the following fall. I've figured out by now that while maybe the One is out there somewhere, it will take some wear and tear before I figure out it really is Her. The grades? Well, some pre-meds might still laugh at them until this...

Author: By Aaron R. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Maintaining a Healthy Perspective on Life | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

...brief speech, University President Neil L. Rudenstine also reassured alumnae that Radcliffe will remain recognizable to them...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wilson, Rudenstine Reassure Alumnae | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

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