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STATUS Subject to rigorous inspection since its defeat in the 1991 Gulf War. U.N. inspections seem to have halted progress in weapons development RANGE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tracking India's Nuclear Weapons | 5/25/1998 | See Source »

...songs that eluded him till the end. Studio outtakes and bootlegs show him chiding the arranger, bugging the conductor, riding the band and beating up on himself with a good-humored swagger that doesn't hide the disappointment and frustration that are chewing him up. You can hear the defeat in his voice, as if he had lost a chance at lasting love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Put Your Dreams Away: FRANK SINATRA, 1915-1998 | 5/25/1998 | See Source »

...miscue was one of the many things that went wrong yesterday for the Crimson and was symbolic of an afternoon of uncharacteristic tentativeness on the basepath and of squandered opportunities in the batter's box. Combined with tough outings from four Harvard pitchers, it meant the Crimson's worst defeat of the 1998 campaign, as Harvard surrendered season highs in runs and hits--16 and 20, respectively...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Baseball Drops First NCAA Game, 16-1 | 5/22/1998 | See Source »

Blake kicked off his thrashings on Saturday when he teamed with junior Kunj Majmudar at No. 1 doubles to defeat Penn State's top team, 8-3. Shortly thereafter Blake showed why he is currently ranked No. 20 in the nation, crushing the Nittany Lions' Mike Griesser, 6-0, 6-0, in just over an hour...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, | Title: ATHLETE OF THE WEEK | 5/20/1998 | See Source »

...conservative who favors school vouchers and a back-to-basics curriculum, says the teachers' union contributed $70,000 to his opponent. At the same time, he recalls, individual teachers gave him $25 donations. "They apologized because they said it was only cancelling out what the union was spending to defeat me," he says. "I just didn't think that was right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prop. 226: Will Voters Unplug Labor's Money Machine? | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

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