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...baseball will come to Oakland again this October. The fans -- a little jaded but forever immature -- will cheer their favorites with Bay Area gentility, punctuated by the occasional "Rip it, dude!" Triumph will satisfy but not surprise them; only failure will astonish. The A's know this. As they enter the play-offs, they know their true opponents are not the Blue Jays or the Red Sox, the Pirates or the Reds, but the great ghost of baseball history: the '27 Yankees, the Philadelphia A's of '29-'31, the Yanks of '49-'53, the Oakland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Streaking Hard for the Top | 10/8/1990 | See Source »

...reception also drew some independent voters to cheer on their candidate. "People talk about how the Lieutenant Governor is a non-position," said Victor Oliveira. "I think Margie will change that...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Clapprood, Celluci to Vie For Lt. Gov. | 9/19/1990 | See Source »

After all, why should I cheer for some jock who probably can't even appreciate my organic chemistry test score and certainly won't be slapping me any high-fives...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Me? Cheer? For Them? | 9/14/1990 | See Source »

Harvard students inexplicably drop their inhibitions at hockey games, sometimes even raising their voices to (dare I say) cheer. Would it be betrayal to support football as well...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Me? Cheer? For Them? | 9/14/1990 | See Source »

...example, Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett--still smarting over his housing compromise last year--might support a plan to assign students randomly to cheer for one sport each year. Or the Core committee could require students to cheer for teams in eight of 10 categories...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Me? Cheer? For Them? | 9/14/1990 | See Source »

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