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...just Florida's second victory over Kentucky (19-5, 8-2) in their last 14 meetings and it marked a drastic turnabout from their Jan. 2 game, a 93-58 Kentucky win in Lexington...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gators Chomp No. 5 Cats 75-68; Tigers Upset No. 12 UNC | 2/5/1999 | See Source »

Grant called the club's decision a return to tradition, but it appears concern over legal liability was at least a factor. Meanwhile, most club members said they were socially accepting what will be a drastic change...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Final Club A.D. To Exclude All Non-Members | 1/22/1999 | See Source »

...fell suddenly: McRee was told on Sunday afternoon, after a week's vacation, not to come to work on Monday. "The show was a mess," she told TIME. "It wasn't fun to work on, and it wasn't fun to watch." ABC-News President David Westin acknowledges that drastic measures were needed. "[The show] simply was not getting better fast enough," he says. "I concluded that we needed to make a quantum leap rather than do it incrementally." After Connie Chung reportedly turned down the job, Sawyer (who will continue her prime-time duties as well) was lured back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Good Morning, Diane Sawyer | 1/18/1999 | See Source »

...hospitable. Last year, a few daring House Masters decided to take the drastic measure of adopting universal keycard access on a trial basis for their houses. And though we were told such a measure would be nearly apocalyptic, we have seen no drastic increases in violent crime or burglaries. In fact, early indications appear positive. Hopefully, by year's end, keycard access will truly be universal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Goals for 1999 | 1/8/1999 | See Source »

...only one who noticed the irony in TIME's praising America's top capitalists so soon after publication of the series on corporate welfare? It is often these industrialists who take billions in taxpayer money and constantly lay off employees. The corporate-welfare series called for drastic changes, but until TIME and the rest of the media stop glorifying the companies and individuals who created and contribute to the problems we now have, no real change can occur. DANIEL RICHARDS Evanston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 28, 1998 | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

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