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The 49ers don't figure to get many openings from the Giants, a hard-nosed, grind-it-out team that makes few mistakes. While the 49ers stress improvisation and finesse, the Giants play tough, physical football that builds on a rock-ribbed defense. "So we're methodical," says All-Pro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The (Surprise!) Game of the Year | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

Because the caches nosed out by doggy detectives may be uncut and especially potent, even small ingestions can be extremely dangerous, sometimes causing death on the spot. An article that Beasley and a colleague published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association recommends, among other things, that police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drugs: Just Say No, Rover | 11/12/1990 | See Source »

Hard-nosed reporters rarely turn into emotional softies when appraising their bosses. But there were few dry eyes at last week's staff meeting after Philadelphia Inquirer executive editor Eugene Roberts Jr., 58, announced that he would retire from the paper that he had transformed from a second-rate daily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: The Passing of an Era | 8/13/1990 | See Source »

Paul Winfield (as Judge Larren Lyttle) is another standout actor. His character serves up surprisingly deadpan humor that doubles as comic relief in the movie's otherwise heavy atmosphere. Discounting as evidence a facetious admittal of the crime--Sabich's "Yeah, you're right"--Lyttle says, "If Mr. Sabich had...

Author: By Jonathan M. Berlin, | Title: A Very Predictable Beginning to Voice Over, But an End That May Leave You Speechless | 8/3/1990 | See Source »

Despite the warning, an Iraq-Kuwait war is considered unlikely. U.S. officials believe Saddam's verbal blast is part of his campaign to dominate the Arab world and a hard-nosed tactic to force other oil producers to back Iraq when OPEC ministers hold their biannual summit this week in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq: A Poisoned Dagger | 7/30/1990 | See Source »

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