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...interesting and disturbing fact that the advent of interleague play points to--a fact that owners are banking on--is that sometimes people want things they know they'd be better off without. Like the third "Godfather" film, super-sized fries and crack-cocaine, interleague play is an obviously bad idea, and yet one for which there is tremendous demand...

Author: By Dan S. Aibel, | Title: Tracking Down the Don | 4/8/1997 | See Source »

...supporters to maintain a hard line toward Palestinians. For his part, Arafat gave Ross assurances he would do his best to quell further violence, postponing a joint rally for Palestinian unity of his Fatah movement and Islamic militants. "If Arafat can get the settlements stopped, he may crack down on Hamas, but it will be largely a political show for the Israelis and the U.S.," notes McGeary. "If the Palestinian people begin to see real concessions from Israel, they may very well calm down by themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arafat's Tough Hand | 3/30/1997 | See Source »

...supporters to maintain a hard line toward Palestinians. For his part, Arafat gave Ross assurances he would do his best to quell further violence, postponing a joint rally for Palestinian unity of his Fatah movement and Islamic militants. "If Arafat can get the settlements stopped, he may crack down on Hamas, but it will be largely a political show for the Israelis and the U.S.," notes McGeary. "If the Palestinian people begin to see real concessions from Israel, they may very well calm down by themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arafat's Tough Hand | 3/29/1997 | See Source »

...supporters to maintain a hard line toward Palestinians. For his part, Arafat gave Ross assurances he would do his best to quell further violence, postponing a joint rally for Palestinian unity of his Fatah movement and Islamic militants. "If Arafat can get the settlements stopped, he may crack down on Hamas, but it will be largely a political show for the Israelis and the U.S.," notes McGeary. "If the Palestinian people begin to see real concessions from Israel, they may very well calm down by themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arafat's Tough Hand | 3/28/1997 | See Source »

...like something out of a song. Here he was, all 6 ft. 3 in. and 300-some pounds of him, grown up and successful. Back in the day, he had been just another fat kid, a no-account who couldn't get girls, couldn't finish high school, slinging crack for near nothing on a street corner in Brooklyn. Then he discovered gangsta rap. His first album, Ready to Die, sold more than a million copies, and his follow-up, Life After Death, scheduled to drop on March 25, was the talk of the rap world. Wallace had already landed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RHYME OR REASON? | 3/24/1997 | See Source »

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