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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gives readers the adrenaline rush of what Lundy calls "apocalyptic sailing." The sailors' skill is astonishing. "These are guys," an observer tells Lundy, "who can go downwind in 30 knots of wind, surfing on 20-ft. seas, carrying a spinnaker and full mainsail. And in those conditions they'll jibe the boat, with the spinnaker--at night, in the dark, alone!" Getting home alive was victory enough in the 1996-'97 race. Sixteen boats started from Biscay; nine finished. A Canadian sailor, Gerry Roufs, vanished in the Southern Ocean like a distant light winking out. The elaborate communications web binding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Captains Courageous | 8/23/1999 | See Source »

NAME: Larry ("Hothead") Johnson OCCUPATION: Trash-talking basketball player for the NY Knicks BEST PUNCH: At a news conference, responded to Walton's jibe by asking, "That isn't the same Bill Walton who was at UCLA smoking pot and a hippie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 5, 1999 | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

...first is that it is a jibe at the "stupid" layout. The Swamp is composed of three suites, each with two bedrooms off a common room, and a bathroom. The three common rooms adjoin through fire doors...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Barbecue to Kegerator: Harvard's Party Suites | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...first is that it is jibe at the "stupid" lay out. The Swamp is composed of three suites, each with two bedrooms off a common room, and a bathroom. The three common rooms adjoin through fire doors...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PARTY | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...door to Wen Ho and Sylvia Lee since 1980, believe their friend is capable of doing what the U.S. government suspects: passing to China some of the most damaging nuclear secrets in U.S. history. "I've gone from shock to compassion to outrage," Jean says. "This just doesn't jibe with anything I know about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Is Wen Ho Lee? | 3/22/1999 | See Source »

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