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Hricko and Majmudar (8-2) performed their double's magic once again while Kim and She mimicked the pair with their own 8-2 win that helped to put the final nail in Virginia Tech's coffin...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, | Title: W. Tennis Wins ITA East Championship | 10/22/1996 | See Source »

This year's presidential contest may be losing its suspense, but the battle for the House of Representatives has rarely been such a nail biter. Analysts now say Bill Clinton's comeback and Newt Gingrich's blunders have given the Democrats at least an even chance of picking up the 19 seats they need for a majority. But they probably cannot count on getting more than a few to spare beyond that. Whichever party wins the House may find itself with the narrowest margin in decades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WILL TEXAS PULL A HOLDUP? | 10/21/1996 | See Source »

...alive again, and eager to see Grrrl die. She has been abusing you for a while now; last time she blew you away with a fusillade from her nail gun. And as you glide along the blue gray corridors of this ghostly computer-generated world, finger itchy at the trigger, it's Grrrl you're after. The fact that in real life Grrrl is a pretty twentysomething who rudely shooed you out of her office just before the game started has nothing to do with it, you tell yourself. This is war--or its virtual equivalent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FUN AND GAMES IN CYBERSPACE | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

...sense a presence over your right shoulder. Before you can turn to defend yourself, however, the scene on the screen lurches and topples. You've fallen, and you aren't getting up, as the line across the top of the screen makes clear: "Reviser is pierced by Grrrl's nail gun." Again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FUN AND GAMES IN CYBERSPACE | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

...they believe they can nail candidates for terminal elitism by asking them if they know the cost of a quart of milk or a dozen eggs. (Correct answer in nondairy states: "I don't know; I'm watching my cholesterol." Real correct answer: "Good God, man, I'm trying to figure out how to govern the world's most powerful nation, not win a slot on The Price Is Right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IF ONLY WE ASKED... | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

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