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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...walk in and see this little old guy sitting in this chair," says Thomas F. Hass '97, an offensive line recruit. "Then, out of nowhere, this hand would shoot out at you and if you didn't catch it half-way it would just knock you back. Then he rolled your knuckles around for a while...

Author: By Jonathan N. Axelrod and Victoria E.M. Cain, S | Title: How Sports Stars Are Found | 11/17/1995 | See Source »

...Every time O.J. Simpson opens his mouth in public, he gets in trouble," says TIME's Elaine Lafferty. "Like when he said he wanted to knock the chip off Marcia Clark's shoulder." Seeking to avoid any more such trouble, Simpson's lawyers were in court Wednesday to ask Judge Alan Haber to seal Simpson's upcoming deposition in the wrongful death suits brought by the families of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman. Simpson attorney Robert Baker argues that the depositions must be kept private to avoid prejudicing potential jurors, but lawyers for the Brown family say there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: O.J., THE SEQUEL | 11/15/1995 | See Source »

...talk to the three Presidents at the plenary session, Christopher visited the private quarters of each to chide them about actions their countries might take that could derail the talks. He warned Tudjman not to undercut Bosnia's Croat-Muslim federation and told him point-blank to knock off the brinkmanship over eastern Slavonia, the hotly contested sliver of Croatia still controlled by rebel Serbs. The Secretary instructed Izetbegovic to keep his distance from the media and told Milosevic that his failure to do anything about ongoing atrocities by his proxies, the Bosnian Serbs, was unacceptable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS | 11/13/1995 | See Source »

...wife, that's one thing. I will not let you videotape my kid.'" What happened at Baldwin's home is still a matter of dispute. The actor says that after he repeatedly asked Zanger to leave, the photographer refused and again raised his video camera, and Baldwin went to knock it away. Says Zanger, "He punched me in the face, knocking off my glasses--then he kicked me in the back as I turned to pick them up." Zanger adds that his face is "every color of the rainbow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LIGHTS, CAMERA, REACTION | 11/13/1995 | See Source »

...SIMPSON'S PHONE-CALL INTERVIEW with the New York Times, he said he had been wrong to "get physical'' with his wife. Simpson went on to tell the Times later in the interview, "I'd like to be able to knock that chip off Marcia's shoulder.'' Seems to me that Simpson still has difficulty in trying to control his impulses and anger in committing violence against women LOUISE PASTUCK, New York City

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 13, 1995 | 11/13/1995 | See Source »

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