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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...called 911 about 6:20 a.m. and was escorting the Hartmans' nine-year-old son, Sean, out of the house when police arrived. As the officers took the couple's six-year-old daughter, Birgen, out of the home, Mrs. Hartman shot herself in the head. Police would not confirm the newspaper reports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brynn Hartman's Last Hours | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

Wilson said yesterday that discussions of organizational changes are premature, and must be preceded by discussions of intellectual mission. Because Radcliffe expects its goals for the 1990s will soon be achieved, Armini said the college's "invitation" for responses from its constituency does not confirm any rumors about Radcliffe's strategic planning...

Author: By Caitlin E. Anderson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Radcliffe Asks Students, Alumnae to Put in Two Cents' Worth | 5/22/1998 | See Source »

...speech event takes place at eight o'clock and the paper has to go to press in a matter of hours, then there is often no time to check all the facts the speaker might have thrown out. As for quotations, the current policy is to try and confirm quotes by reading them back to the speaker "on matters that are highly sensitive, or if the reporter is not sure about the quote" says Chang. He estimates that this happens about 50 percent of the time...

Author: By Kaustuv Sen, | Title: The Devil Is in the Details | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

...Mary Tyler Moore Show, M*A*S*H*--never made it to No. 1, while plenty of junk did ascend to that pinnacle. As fun as it would be to go against the conventional, middlebrow wisdom and say The Beverly Hillbillies possessed a sly, Twain-like wit, recent viewings confirm that it was as crude as everyone has always said. The Happy Days-Laverne and Shirley era is another sorry one. So it could be argued on behalf of Seinfeld that it has combined quality and popularity in a way that is very impressive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Goodbye Already | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

...suck d___." I asked him not to use this language in front of my children... I said that his drinking had caused him to lose his job, wife and children. [Shah denies that he drinks to excess, or that drinking has ever cost him a job; former colleagues confirm his account.] He came down the stairs...and punched me in the face, he hit me with the car seat which he had picked up, threw me to the ground and I fell in order to protect and cover the child in my arms. He continued to hit me. I looked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hide And Seek | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

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