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Yeah, we've still got the noxious fumes off exit 12, the urban nightmares of Newark, Jersey City and Camden and the syringe-laden beaches of the Jersey shore. But as if that wasn't enough, it's pretty apparent now that we've been cursed with two inept sports franchises...

Author: By Anand S. Joshi, | Title: New Jersey Confessions | 5/6/1994 | See Source »

...really have to specify exactly which two inept sports team from New Jersey I'm talking about, since we've only got two sports teams (no, the New Jersey Generals don't exist anymore). But I will mention their forsaken names for the benefit of those who don't believe that any franchise would be willing to call Jersey home...

Author: By Anand S. Joshi, | Title: New Jersey Confessions | 5/6/1994 | See Source »

...they charged only $67,000 for the repair -- and did the work a year after Hosokawa received the loan. Also, the paperwork Hosokawa released to prove he had repaid the loan appeared incomplete. One ledger included the date "Sept. 31," suggesting that it was a hurriedly conjured reconstruction. The inept handling of what at first appeared to be a minor, perhaps nonexistent transgression inspired some commentators to compare Hosokawa's problems to Bill Clinton's Whitewater saga. At his departure press conference, Hosokawa expressed the "sincere hope that this act of mine will result in restoring public trust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Scandal Finally Outran the Reformer | 4/18/1994 | See Source »

Ottawa is also the capital city of Canada. Muchsmaller than the larger cities of Toronto andMontreal, the passion for hockey nevertheless runsjust as strong, the inept NHL Senatorsnotwithstanding. And in a climate where skating isa life skill, it comes as no surprise to learnthat Baird began learning the tools his adoptedtrade at the ripe old age of three...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: Finishing in Style: The Class of '94 | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

...looks, however, to be an uphill struggle. Large public majorities still favor Clinton's goals; 65% of those questioned in the TIME/CNN poll agreed that "the Federal Government should guarantee health care for all Americans." But the Administration has done such an inept job of justifying its plan that it seems to have lost control of the debate. Some congressional voices already pronounce two of the basic elements of Clinton's approach dead. They are the alliances that would force most health-insurance buyers into mandatory purchasing pools, and the requirement that most employers pay at least 80% of their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oh Noooo! | 3/14/1994 | See Source »

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