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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...exact GPA necessary to receive a Detur was not released, but the prize is given to the top students in Group I of the rank lists as determined by their first-year grades...

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

...Known earlier in his career as New York Fats, he changed his name to Minnesota after Jackie Gleason's Minnesota Fats character in the 1960 movie "The Hustler." Fats was a consummate showman who stuffed $100 bills in the breast pocket of his suits when he played. His exact age was unknown. Friends say he was born January 19, 1900, but a 1966 biography placed his birthdate on January 19, 1913. Fats himself always declined to clarify, once telling a reporter: "No one on this Earth knows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Bank Shot | 1/18/1996 | See Source »

...time, neither Gabriel nor I picked up on the meaning of that song for our relationship--but the song was an exact expression of that particular moment in our lives together--both of us annoyed, but still together, still listening to the same music," he said...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: Hundreds Attend Memorial Service For Piedrahita | 1/17/1996 | See Source »

...KICK OUT OF DANGEROUS sports like skydiving and whitewater rafting? Do you jump eagerly from job to job or even get a thrill from rearranging the furniture? If so, you are probably what psychologists call a "novelty seeker." The exact origins of personality types have eluded scientists for years. But it now appears that a craving for exciting new experiences can be credited, in part at least, to a single gene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BEHAVIOR: WHAT MAKES THEM DO IT | 1/15/1996 | See Source »

President Clinton plans to visit U.S. forces in Bosnia before his State of the Union address on Jan. 23. Although the White House refused to divulge exact travel plans, Clinton is expected to visit Tuzla, headquarters of U.S. operations, late this week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEEK: DECEMBER 31-JANUARY 6 | 1/15/1996 | See Source »

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