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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though their names aren't as well known as those of Olajuwon and Barkley, all the players are at the top of their game. The leader is shortstop Dot Richardson. Voted NCAA Player of the Decade for the 1980s, Richardson, 34, is a clutch hitter who has the hands of, well, a surgeon. In fact, she has taken a leave from her medical residency in orthopedic surgery to join the Games. The U.S. pitching staff is as impressive as the Braves'. It includes Lisa Fernandez, a four-time All-American at UCLA; Michele Smith, with a college record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OLYMPIC MONITOR | 4/29/1996 | See Source »

...high school, most Harvard students strove to dot their transcripts with As and their resumes with extracurriculars...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: The Qualities of Life | 2/23/1996 | See Source »

...thought it was a very interesting ceremony because you heard a lot of history of the prize," said Howbert who chose Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot as his award book...

Author: By Matthew W. Grenade, | Title: Sophomores Awarded Detur Book Prizes | 1/22/1996 | See Source »

...goal of man's landing on the moon. Apparently House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senator Bob Dole don't get the picture, as evidenced by their efforts to make cuts in the meager NASA budget in the Contract with America. A picture in the book The Pale Blue Dot, by Carl Sagan, shows the earth as a tiny point of light that is barely visible among a sea of similar points of light, many of which are more visible and much brighter. Of course, no evidence of habitation can be seen in that photo. The pictures serve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 11, 1995 | 12/11/1995 | See Source »

Splattered pats of butter will not dot the newly refurbished ceiling of Annenberg Hall, as Dining Services has replaced the Union's pats, cherished as projectiles by generations of first-years, with a large bowl of butter and a serving knife...

Author: By Justin D. Lerer, | Title: Only Two Things Before Graduation? | 12/2/1995 | See Source »

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