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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...games that made Erich and Max rich were derived from those that we played as kids. There's a natural flow to that, but it's irksome to think that if I had just kept playing Dungeons & Dragons with them, or Traveler, Squad Leader, Top Secret or any of a dozen other fantasy role-playing (FRP) games, then I too would have millions, get the high-roller treatment in Las Vegas and drive Porsches. And they're not even computer geeks. "We just design games we like to play," Erich says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notrich.com | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...beside the point. It is a little difficult, despite Orey's exertions on behalf of the antitobacco lawyers, to find heroes in the drama. Riches are redistributed from one class of the venal to another. Mississippi's Medicaid legal team is awarded fees of $1.43 billion. Dick Scruggs, a leader of the team, buys himself a bigger private plane and a $200,000 Bentley; he trades in his 61-ft. motor yacht for one 30 ft. longer. Justice triumphs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: After All the Smoke Cleared | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

FROM THEIR AL TO OUR AL Attention, presidential candidates: Is your campaign languishing? Dogged by a reputation for dullness? Then take a tip from Guatemala's popular opposition leader, Alfonse Portillo. A former university professor, Portillo became a hero to voters last week after releasing campaign commercials crowing over having shot and killed two men in self-defense 17 years ago. In the civil war-torn country, that's a badge of honor. But remember, don't try this at home unless the statute of limitations has expired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gore | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...years. Authorities in Western Europe and the U.S. learned that the KGB had easily intercepted revealing faxes from major defense firms and buried booby-trapped caches of arms, radios and uniforms to help saboteurs. In Paris, Le Monde followed up with a story charging that the current Socialist Party leader in the Senate, Claude Estier, worked secretly for the Soviet bloc starting in 1956. Estier called it a "tissue of nonsense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Real Le Carre | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...Bulldogs will be led on the field by senior forward Jac Gould, who is now their all time leader in goals and points scored. This year he has already earned Ivy League Player of the Week honors with three goals and three assists for a total of nine points last week...

Author: By Eli Ewing and Richard A. Perez, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: M., W. Soccer Hit the Road, Take on Elis | 9/24/1999 | See Source »

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