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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Upon Bensten's retirement in 1995, Rubin left the NEC and got the nod from President Clinton to replace the outgoing secretary...

Author: By Rodrigo Cruz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rubin Brings Political and Financial Savvy to Treasury Post | 6/3/1998 | See Source »

...care lavished on re-creating the monster, the new plot is somewhat less revolutionary. As in 1954, Godzilla is the spawn of nuclear tests in the Pacific, and this time he makes his way quickly to New York City. Matthew Broderick plays an American scientist, Dr. Nick Tatopoulos (a nod to the new creator); Jean Reno is a mysterious agent for the French; Maria Pitillo is a newscaster wannabe; and Hank Azaria is a TV cameraman. Together they battle not just Godzilla but a teeming snake pit of little Godzillas. Though referred to as "he," the monster belongs to transgender...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: What In The Name Of Godzilla...? | 5/25/1998 | See Source »

Freshman sensation James Blake walked away with the Rookie of the Year nod after a season of dominance. Ranked as high as third in the nation in singles play, Blake posted a 18-2 dual and 34-4 overall record this year. Paired with his older brother, Tom, in doubles, the Blake brothers are currently the ninth best team in the country...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, | Title: HIGHLIGHTS | 5/15/1998 | See Source »

...week conservatives scored a victory when a bill designed to pay the overdue U.S. debt to the United Nations passed the Senate with an extraneous provision attached to it that would ban federal funding of family-planning organizations abroad that condone abortion as an option. But the most obvious nod to religious conservatives in the Senate involves the blockage of Clinton's nomination of James Hormel to be U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg. Hormel is standard ambassadorial material--a businessman, a philanthropist, a former law school dean and, of course, a big-money donor to the Democratic Party. Under ordinary circumstances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The G.O.P. Mantra: Keep Dobson Happy | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

Science B-29 professor gets the nod on tenure minutes before class begins. Guess Harvard will have "Sex" fox years to come...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Wisdom | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

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