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...sign has been accepted since the signing of the International Act for Choking Recognition in 1834 and is used in every country in the world except Liechtenstein. Since they are not bound by the treaty, to sign "I am choking," Liechtenstinians hum the theme song from "The Greatest American Hero" while frantically performing the motions for "I'm a Little Teapot." More than 300,000 Liechtenstinian tourists choke to death in foreign countries every year...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, | Title: The Universal Language | 2/18/1998 | See Source »

...lost as a hero? Can a good President be a bad role model? These are the kinds of questions we hope our young readers will debate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eager Minds, Big Ears | 2/9/1998 | See Source »

...hero wasn't Scott Hamilton; it was Bruce Lee. Elvis earned an advanced black belt in karate at age 16, and while other skaters were bringing elegant dance moves into their choreography, he started incorporating punches and kicks. "I tried ballet," says Stojko unapologetically. "Didn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nagano 1998: Figure Skating: Is The King Going To Take The Crown? | 2/9/1998 | See Source »

...both matches, senior heavyweight Rob Durbin found himself in position to be the hero--and delivered...

Author: By Keith S. Greenawalt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling Posts Exciting Wins Over Ranked Opponents Hofstra, Lehigh | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

...thought of Richard Nixon and traced his descent from the charge of obstructing justice to the threat of impeachment, and then to the morning of his maudlin-defiant resignation. Or, imagining a precedent for the origins of the current mess, they went back to Bill Clinton's Rose Garden hero of long ago, John Kennedy, the martyred Ur-boomer who may have been Clinton's role model in obdurately reckless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Reckless and the Stupid | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

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