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Junior Scott Muoio and freshman Chris Clever turned in strong performances at this weekend's New England Track Championships, held at Northeastern's Solomon Track Facility Saturday in Dedham, Mass...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: HIGHLIGHTS | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

Muoio took second place in the steeplechase, as he ran a personal-best 9:01, and Clever was the runner-up in the javelin...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: HIGHLIGHTS | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

...their reservation to be told that their table is being set. Two or three drinks (approximately 30 minutes) later, they are ushered to their seats. As well as allowing customers to loosen their pursestrings (and if the racy behavior that we witnessed was standard, their inhibitions as well) this clever maneuver forces customers to revel in the plushly appointed, opulent bar. Unfortunately, the cozy bar is not meant to accommodate quite so many backed-up tables. Its Egyptiannate gold painted ceiling and walls, lonic columns, upturned mushroom-shaped lamps, and low-slung red velvet chairs become a bit oppressive when...

Author: By Rebecca U. Weiner, | Title: hoppin | 4/23/1998 | See Source »

...order of the Honey, I Shrunk the Audience attraction at EPCOT. Inspired by characters in this fall's film release A Bug's Life (from Disney and Pixar, the tandem that made Toy Story), this creepy-crawly mini-epic features a cast of zillions and plenty of clever insect asides. But the kids will love the gross-out effects. One tiny creature, the Termite-ator, blows "snot" at the audience (you will get wet). A stink bug backs up to the screen and engulfs the crowd in his sulfurous stench (face it, fart jokes are funny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leisure: Beauty and the Beasts | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

...awaiting Starr at Pepperdine University, and the fact that Starr's good pal TED OLSON is Hale's lawyer and a board member of the American Spectator foundation through which the Hale payments allegedly flowed. The letter followed by a day what a Clinton-connected lawyer called the "diabolically clever" missive from Holder that put Starr in this box. Now Starr must either deny a conflict, or at least the appearance of one, and conduct the inquiry, or acknowledge a problem and pitch the matter back to the Justice Department, risking an outcry that his impartiality can be questioned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Topic A: A Boxed-In Starr Gets Heat from Kendall | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

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