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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Beantowners took the trade as a sign from above that the Curse of the Bambino had tightened its grip around its beloved Red Sox. "I shall have your Roger Clemens pitch for the Yankees!" the ghost of Babe Ruth bellowed from above (or from below for BoSox fans) last week...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Goin' Bohlen: Smart Move, Roger Rocket | 2/23/1999 | See Source »

Beantowners took the trade as a sign from above that the Curse of the Bambino had tightened its grip around its beloved Red Sox. "I shall have your Roger Clemens pitch for the Yankees!" the ghost of Babe Ruth bellowed from above (or from below for BoSox fans) last week...

Author: By Goin Bohlen, | Title: Good Move, Rocket Roger | 2/23/1999 | See Source »

...GRIPPING DATA New research on hundreds of Americans shows that those with a strong hand grip face higher odds of developing arthritis in the joints at the base of the fingers, including the thumb. Why? Hefty hand muscles may exert excessive force on the joints...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Feb. 8, 1999 | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

Mostly, they are raging lyrics, ripping throats and blazing guitars, with a generous helping of manic screeches and sirens. "Check" and "Get Back" grab your imagination from the onset, and grip you with iron jaws. The movement is crazy, with rip, roar and brazen brakes...

Author: By Phua MEI Pin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Zebras Get Out of Orange County | 1/8/1999 | See Source »

...behavior remains a bad thing, but regulation of other kinds of private behavior, chiefly meaning sex, is something America needs more of. This is the line of thought represented most famously by Robert Bork in his 1996 best seller, Slouching Towards Gomorrah. Bork warns that America is in the grip of a radical individualism that recognizes no limit to the right of personal gratification, one for which the pleasure principle is the only principle that counts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where The Right Went Wrong | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

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