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...growing concern to the collegiate athletic community. Gambling on amateur sporting events, including college games and the Olympics, is a serious problem. This report brought to light the tragic cases of young athletes whose careers have been ruined and whose actions have caused a cloud of scandal to hang over the colleges and universities they attended long after the incidents of game fixing and point shaving occurred. But even if there weren't scandals, we believe it is inappropriate to bet on college athletic competitions whether done legally in the casinos of Nevada or in any of the other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 23, 2000 | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

JUDGMENT CALL Once you get the hang of it, it does make a superb cup of coffee. But for $169, it had better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starbucks' Vacuum Coffee Pot | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

...coffee? Our testers found that one must be careful when distributing the coffee in the funnel--sometimes the powerful uprush of hot water failed to soak all the grounds, making the brew too weak. Once we got the hang of it, though, the taste was indeed swell. Strong, not bitter and hot. Say it all together now: "Ahhhhh, coffee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starbucks' Vacuum Coffee Pot | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

Death to tyrants! Sic semper tyrannis. We must all hang together, because the Yankees have been hanging us separately for the past four years, but really the past 100 years...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The "V" Spot: The Thrill of Victory | 10/18/2000 | See Source »

...took home four trophies while traditionalists George Strait and Alan Jackson won the Vocal Event category for Murder on Music Row, a duet that condemns country's pop trend with lines like "The almighty dollar and the lust for worldwide fame slowly killed tradition and for that someone should hang." Spooky. Making light of it all is a song called I'd Give My Right Nut to Save Country Music, sung with deadpan earnestness by C.M.A. Single of the Year winner LEE ANN WOMACK and the lesser-known Ray Driskoll. "It's really meant as a gag," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 16, 2000 | 10/16/2000 | See Source »

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