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Sure, the kamikaze Yankee owner fired Bucky Dent, his 18th manager in 18 years. But those who beat up on George ignore his benevolence: he now has four other former (and fired) managers on his payroll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Humanitarian of the Week | 6/18/1990 | See Source »

...early misunderstandings didn't dent Harvard's performance in Krass' first campaign. The Crimson picked off Princeton, 7-2, to go undefeated in the Ivies, and whipped William & Mary to win the Eastern Regional title. Harvard went to the NCAA...

Author: By Daniel L. Jacobowitz, | Title: Learning That Tennis isn't the Only Thing | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

...Bucky Dent, New York Yankees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Morning Line: How the Keating Five are faring | 5/28/1990 | See Source »

Police Chief Helio Saboya reckons that if his 12,000-member force were twice its size, he might be able to make a dent in the crime. But in a country grappling with a foreign debt of $112.4 billion, the budgets for local services are going nowhere but down. The policemen themselves, who know they are undervalued, lacking respect and easily corrupted, earn on average about $100 a month. "When you have a family and you're risking your life on the job, that's not much at all," says a young officer. His fellow patrolmen all have other jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: So You Think Your City's Got Crime? | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

...attracted an ideologically diverse band of supporters, from conservative economists, who despise standard types of Government regulations, to environment-minded legislators, who are ready for a fresh approach to pollution control. Says Senator Timothy Wirth, a Colorado Democrat: "We're not going to be able to make a dent in environmental problems unless we can harness the forces of the marketplace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Giving Greed a Chance | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

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