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Down to its last gasp, the Crimson rallied valiantly but could get no closer than two points, ultimately losing...

Author: By Yair J. Listokin, | Title: W. Volleyball Crumbles, 3-2 | 10/17/1996 | See Source »

...gasp was heard in the courtroom as Davis asserted that the reason he did not sexually assault Polly on the night he killed her was "a statement the young girl made to me while walking her up the embankment: 'Just don't do me like my Dad.'" A family friend yelled, "Burn in hell, Davis!" and Davis' lawyer covered her face with her hands. After a second of frozen shock, Polly's father Marc Klaas leaped from his seat, but he was restrained and led from the courtroom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FINAL OUTRAGE | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

...gasp--sideline critic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Intramural Glory | 10/5/1996 | See Source »

...once, Bob Dole drew an excited response--in this case a spontaneous gasp--from a crowd. To an audience at Chaminade Prep school in West Hills, California, Dole read a quote from Bill Clinton in 1992. Asked by a young man on an MTV show if he would inhale marijuana a second time around, Clinton replied, "Sure, if I could. I tried before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: THE AD WARS TURN NASTY | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

...songwriter of OASIS, the biggest British band since the Beatles and the Stones, were two-thirds of the way through their latest U.S. tour when Noel, the less volatile one, hopped on a Concorde back to London three hours before a concert. Rumors of brotherly fisticuffs, drug use and (gasp!) a permanent split engulfed the British media. A London Times columnist said if the band is finished she'll "be lying on the floor, crying and wailing and gnashing my teeth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 23, 1996 | 9/23/1996 | See Source »

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