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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hitting approach, the 5-foot, 4-inch Keeler, who still shares the National League record with hits in 44 consecutive games, said "Keep your eye on the ball, and hit `em where they ain't." Pee Wee Reese fans need take no umbrage at The Crimson's original error. SCOTT SINGER '98 April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Wrong `Wee' Man | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

...proceeded to eat it down,and I noticed that my fellow diners were pickingpolitely at it but weren't eating much. But Ifigured I'd eat it, so I ate most of the rice. ButI didn't realize until a week later that I hadcommitted an absolute mortal error, I had horriblyoffended my host. Because, of course, you're notsupposed to eat the rice It's there as aconclusion. To eat any more than a little bit isto signal that you're hungry and that the guy wasa cheapskate, and he didn't give you enough food...

Author: By David J. Kressel, | Title: Eat, Drink, James, Watson | 4/2/1998 | See Source »

...moral values. And yet the most popular leader in the country is a politician who half of us believe, according to a new TIME/CNN poll, "lacks the proper moral character to be President." We'll tolerate extraordinary flaws in a successful President and leave almost no margin for error in a threatening witness. He might even be able to fondle a woman in a hallway near the Oval Office and get away with it if she tried to sell her story, asked for a favor or sent a Christmas card...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Outrageous Fortune | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

Margin of error is +/-4.3%. Source: Yankelovich Partners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Mar. 30, 1998 | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

...front offers quirky tidbits like a chart showing an odd correlation between the number of letters in the names of each year's NCAA men's basketball champion and Best New Artist Grammy Award winner. (You cared, right?) There's news as well: the magazine uncovers a scoring error from earlier this season that means University of Connecticut star Nykesha Sales, awarded a controversial two-point gimme shot last month, is still short of the school record. And its well-written feature stories include an alarming profile of former heavyweight Tommy Morrison, who is HIV positive and refuses treatment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rookie at Bat | 3/23/1998 | See Source »

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