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...hope you'll believe me when I say we try very hard to avoid this type of error every year, and every year it seems we goof with one event or another," Jellis wrote. "I take full responsibility and will work toward making it right...

Author: By Jal D. Mehta, | Title: Passover, Elegant Brunches Conflict | 4/26/1997 | See Source »

Referendum Goof...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rawlins Wins Council Presidency Easily | 12/12/1996 | See Source »

...beach volleyball, which is no better than the swimsuit competition at the Miss America pageant. And don't labor to make heroes of the nonheroic. Airbrushing swimmer Gary Hall Jr., the spoiled grandson of savings and loan cheat Charles Keating Jr., by not mentioning that he was a major goof-off, blowing up mailboxes and tearing up golf courses, is formulaic hagiography. And after 11 p.m., don't make us sit through any more motivational infomercials. Let the Games finish before dawn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SOAP OPERA GAMES | 8/5/1996 | See Source »

Think of Bill Clinton on his best day: charming, committed, goof-free. Think of him, in other words, as Hollywood's liberals did during the 1992 campaign. Now the twist: imagine a Clinton presidency if Hillary had died a few years before the election. He's been in office a while and enjoys high approval ratings. His likely opponent for re-election is the leader of the Senate Republicans--a crabby Kansan named Bob (played by Richard Dreyfuss as if he were a geyser about to gush right-wing bile). On the domestic front, the President has two things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: WHERE NICE GUYS FINISH FIRST | 11/20/1995 | See Source »

...skins came in 120 big cases, and it was my job to organize them in three floors of the Museum," Mayr says. "I only made one big goof where I didn't leave enough room in the owls. The eagle owls were much bigger than I thought they would...

Author: By Kris J. Thiessen, | Title: Mayr: Going Strong At 90 | 12/20/1994 | See Source »

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