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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Next week, Strothman will travel to the University of Southern California for the single-handed nationals. Over Thanksgiving weekend, he will represent his country in the U.S.-Japan Goodwill Regatta, held in Newport Beach...

Author: By Josh Dienstag, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sailing Falls Short at ACCs | 11/17/1998 | See Source »

...Newport, Maine, voters rejected a law that would have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Nov. 16, 1998 | 11/16/1998 | See Source »

...town of Newport, Maine, citizens took advantage of their right to vote in order to decide a burgeoning community controversy over topless gardening. The hubbub began this past summer when Desiree Davis, a conscientious homeowner, took her lawnmower out of her garage and went to work on her front yard. Apparently the heat and humidity caused Desiree some discomfort, as she decided her task would be better completed sans shirt. She enjoyed the experience so much, she decided to make a habit of it. This aroused the ire of her puritanical neighbor, Mary Thompson, who felt it inappropriate that yard...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: Democracy's Follies | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

Defense analyst Paul Nisbet of JSA Research in Newport, R.I., cautions, however, that "investors shouldn't expect any dramatic change in the growth or earnings of these companies." Recent appreciation in defense stocks, he says, only marks a climb back from their 10% drop following the Pentagon's blocking of further defense-industry mergers earlier this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Generals Go Shopping | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

...culminated an entire summer during which Blake met the world's best and fared quite well. At the satellite level he defeated Stanford's Mike Bryan, as well as No. 484 Raviv Weidenfeld and No. 350 Alex Reichl. On the ATP circuit, he competed at the tennis classic in Newport, R.I., where he lost in three sets to the quirky Jeff Tarango, currently ranked No. 62, and narrowly lost No. 145 Alex Radulescu, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 in the first round of qualifiers at the Pilot Pen International Tennis Tournament...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: James Blake Blazes Back | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

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