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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Eleven missed serves--four of them by strong-hitting Co-Captain Peri Wallace--spelled doom for the Crimson (8-7 overall, 2-2 Ivy), as the Elis squeezed out a 15-12, 8-15, 15-7, 14-16, 15-12 victory...

Author: By Jason Gross, | Title: Elis Deflate W. Spikers In Five Sets | 10/10/1990 | See Source »

...dump him even if he suddenly sprouted a third nostril, still uses the stuff religiously. ("Gosh, if she notices flakes, it's all over.") My roommate Rocco, who sports a bald spot the size of Australia (thanks to my unpolished hair-cutting skills) is certain that flakes will doom his hopes at romance...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: A Song of Selsun Blues | 10/6/1990 | See Source »

...will leave office in June, disputed the doom-filled predictions of authors of "futuristic tracts" on education, saying that American universities continue to top the ranks of educational institutions worldwide...

Author: By Maggie S. Tucker, | Title: Top Educators Blast College Critics, Paint Rosy Outlook for Universities | 10/6/1990 | See Source »

Overshadowing The Final Club is a sense of impending doom, a sense that for all the frantic activity, all the creative energy, all the waste, all the parties, all the snubs, the characters are trapped in a world beyond their control. Like Gatsby, they try to control the world through their social creations--or at least try to convince themselves that they are in control. Their final clubs, their final parties, their finally perfect resumes cannot protect them from whim of nature and arbitrary pain, from the book's dreadful and final resolution...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: Ceremonies of Exclusivity, Timeless Literary Questions | 9/21/1990 | See Source »

...early to condemn the U.S. to doom. We are dealing from strength, not weakness. We are still the most productive country in the whole world, in part because we are efficient in other things like distribution, marketing and all the services we have that are world class. We invested more in the past, and we are still living off those investments. We have the capacity to change, but it takes a conscious decision, and change is painful. The storm clouds are out there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WILLIAM BROCK: Will Americans Work For $5 a Day? | 7/23/1990 | See Source »

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