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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...doubting Thomases need only look at the atrocious uniforms of the mid-80s Houston Astros. How anyone could root for those shirts is beyond...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: Figuring Out the Fans | 2/27/1997 | See Source »

Sure, Penn sure was something in its day, with Jerome Allen and Matt Maloney leading the Quakers to two straight undefeated Ivy seasons and a few Top 25 rankings. But Allen is now with the Denver Nuggets and Maloney the Houston Rockets, and neither did a heck of a lot for Penn on Saturday night...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: A Frozen Moment | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

Baiul's technique on the ice is pure poetry, but I think her Americanization may have led her to skate on thin ice. Maybe a trip back to her native Ukraine would help her over the perilous hurdles of the skating world. PATRICIA PURDIE Houston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 17, 1997 | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

More ominous yet is a transaction reported last December in the Houston Chronicle. Days after the Murray-O'Hairs disappeared, a real estate agent named Mark Sparrow, responding to a newspaper ad, paid a man he met at a bar $15,000 for a 1988 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL. The car turned out to be Jon Murray's, but the man, who identified himself as Murray, turned out to be an impostor. Sparrow told TIME that after the transaction, the bogus Jon got into a car driven by a couple that fits the general description of the real...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHERE'S MADALYN? | 2/10/1997 | See Source »

...Houston (fourth largest U.S. city) 1,650,000....Nebraska (37th largest U.S. state) 1,700,000....Graduate students in U.S. universities 1,500,000....Active U.S. military personnel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Feb. 3, 1997 | 2/3/1997 | See Source »

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