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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...kept things from him that he should not have kept from him . . . " North praised Ronald Reagan's presidency as the "greatest" of his lifetime and said he didn't want to "get into a fight with a lady." Today, Vice President Al Gore began Round Two with his second jab at North in as many weeks, calling him a "pathological liar" and disgrace to the Marine Corps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIRGINIA . . . NOW IT'S NANCY'S TURN TO BOP OLLIE | 10/28/1994 | See Source »

Passing well is one thing. Throwing three incompletions in 17 tries is another. The real story Saturday was Bucknell's sharp-shooting quarterback and a Crimson defensive backfield more vulnerable than a Lennox Lewis left jab. Glus passed at will, connecting on touchdown passes of 22, 21, 24, 54, 46 and four yards. Add to that total a 65-yard run by Lemon and flawless extra-point kicking by sophomore Rich Miller, and you get Bucknell's 42 points...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: Gridders Fall to Bucknell, 42-23 | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

...naivete of the peace movement, the hypocrisy of the Establishment and the perfidy of the North Vietnamese. And he dismisses the notion that America's national interests would have been better served if Nixon had set an early withdrawal date (and in the process lands a little jab -- "Would that history were as simple as journalism" -- at the contrary treatment of this point in my book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: How The World Works | 4/11/1994 | See Source »

...revues, At the Drop of a Hat and At the Drop of Another Hat. They toured throughout the '60s, with Flanders providing dry commentary and lead vocals and Swann at the keyboard, adding his thin but enthusiastic tenor to such whimsy as The Gasman Cometh, Song of Reproduction (a jab at stereo enthusiasts) and The Hippopotamus Song, an ode to "mud, mud, glorious mud" that somehow became a plea for international peace, complete with a verse in Russian delivered by Swann...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Apr. 4, 1994 | 4/4/1994 | See Source »

...says. The prime for a heavyweight comes in his late 20s. Bowe, now 26, has the potential to be one of boxing's greatest. Standing 6 ft. 5 in. and weighing about 240 lbs. when he's in fighting trim, he towers over most competitors. He has a quick jab, a good hook and knockout power in each large fist. And while he can't dance the way Ali could, he moves with agility for a big man. "Many have compared me to the Greatest: Ali," he says. "But I hit like a truck. He just stung like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like...Ali: RIDDICK BOWE | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

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