Word: joe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Joe Wrinn, director of the Harvard News Office, said that while the information center is trying to boost its effectiveness with more use of technological advances, it is as yet unclear where the new displays will be located...
...nickname is El Gordo, the Fat Man, and he is both agent and metaphor. Joe Cubas, 35, a contractor from Miami, has orchestrated five defections from Cuba's national baseball team, most recently on July 9, when ace pitcher Rolando Arrojo slipped into Cubas' car, leaving his team's exhibition tour. That incident, coupled with the defections in late June at the Mexican border of Cuban boxers Joel Casamayor and Ramon Garbey, have led to widespread speculation that the most exciting event at the Atlanta Olympics will be the long jump--from Cuba...
...know Joe Klein. Joe Klein is a friend of mine. Joe Klein is no liar--or is he? I'm just one among many to whom Newsweek's Klein denied, repeatedly and with increasing indignation, that he was Anonymous, author of Primary Colors, an unflattering novel based on the Clinton campaign. At first his denials were coy, but after New York magazine offered convincing proof in February that he was the one, Klein became adamant--and even abusive--until last Wednesday, when he was finally exposed by a handwriting analysis in the Washington Post. In fact, one of his worst...
...created editors. But in this instance, Newsweek editor Maynard Parker--the only person besides Klein's wife and agent who knew his identity--seemed to have also believed in the existence of Anonymous, who had an exemption to the Eighth Commandment. Parker now says that in February, "I warned Joe that those unequivocal statements were going to cause him trouble. It's never a good idea not to tell the truth." But Joe didn't listen--the whodunit gimmick was boosting sales--and Parker didn't insist. Instead, Parker published an item by senior editor Jonathan Alter guessing at Anonymous...
...seeded Monica Seles from the Olympic tennis tournament, rallying from a 5-3 third-set deficit to win 7-5, 3-6, 8-6. "She played better than I did at crunch time," Seles said. The other U.S. women won, which means a semifinal showdown Wednesday between Mary Joe Fernandez and Lindsay Davenport, who are close friends as well as teammates. At least one of them will take home a medal. Novotna's opponent in the semifinals will be No. 3 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario of Spain. In women's basketball. the U.S. team finished the preliminary round with another rout...