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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...million Amount Buffalo Bills quarterback Rob Johnson will receive as part of new five-year deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jul. 27, 1998 | 7/27/1998 | See Source »

...phenom. At eight years old, in his first Little League at bat, against a 12-year-old pitcher, he smacked one over the fence. And like Ruth, who was a dominating pitcher, McGwire was the best righthander on his sophomore U.S.C. team, allowing fewer runs than teammate Randy Johnson, who has since won a Cy Young award...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: The Fun Is Back | 7/27/1998 | See Source »

...nation of political journalists busy since February. "Don't forget that in principle, everything should be off the record," says Branegan. "We shouldn't even know Monica Lewinsky's name." And since on Tuesday it was Starr who was seeking to overturn a sealed ruling by Judge Norma Holloway Johnson, it would seem that the ruling points the finger directly at Starr. On that subject, of course, Starr's spokesmen have been noticeably silent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Switching Fronts in the War on Starr | 7/21/1998 | See Source »

When students in Clementine Johnson's typing class began throwing books and dismantling typewriters six years ago, she didn't send anyone to detention. Instead she gleefully tossed back. Then, according to the Florida Times-Union, after the principal called her class unruly, she wrote a loopy letter describing the "living flesh on my true hereditary genes bones." Finally she changed her surname...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ever Try To Flunk A Bad Teacher? | 7/20/1998 | See Source »

...decision to fire Johnson--sorry, "Ms. God"--may seem like a no-brainer. But in fact she stayed on the job another year, presumably enlivening class but probably not serving Florida's future terribly well. How did she stay so long? She chose the right career: rigid work rules and languorous appeals procedures make teaching a profession from which it is almost impossible to be fired. Which isn't to demean the millions of teachers who work hard for sweatshop wages. But when, for example, only .02% of Florida teachers were dismissed for incompetence last year, you know there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ever Try To Flunk A Bad Teacher? | 7/20/1998 | See Source »

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