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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...factor in their luck with recruiting, he is the one who brings in all their top players," Vermont Coach Mike Gilligan says. "We've lost more than one player...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: More Than Just a Recruiting Wizard | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

...Exxon plagued by bad luck or a bad attitude? After suffering three major accidents in just the past ten months, the largest U.S. oil company is earning a reputation as a careless and callous despoiler of the environment. Last week Exxon ran into a storm of criticism from New York State and New Jersey authorities when it was disclosed that the company's shoddy equipment and poor maintenance procedures helped cause one of the largest oil spills in the region's history. On New Year's Day a 12-in. pipeline running under the Arthur Kill waterway, which separates Staten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exxon's Attitude Problem | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

Since then we have reprinted in entirety both the original piece and the grader's response as a public service to all of our readers. And we wish you all luck as you prepare to open your blue books in the coming weeks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exam Period Blues | 1/17/1990 | See Source »

...gilded young aristocrat at Oxford and the Jewish lad from London's East End would never have intersected. "But it was our great good luck," Antonia says, "that by the time we met, we were both recognized." Opposites, fully formed, attracted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LADY ANTONIA FRASER: Not Quite Your Usual Historian | 1/15/1990 | See Source »

...Difference Principle should have a powerful intuitive appeal for citizens of a democratic society. Since none of us can control the random factors of genetics, family background, and plain dumb luck that determine our earning power and financial resources, it seems clearly unjust to let the disadvantaged "lose" in an economic lottery which no one has any power to avoid...

Author: By Jeff M. Rigsby, | Title: Rawls Redux | 1/10/1990 | See Source »

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