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Until this year, Sammy Sosa was widely considered to be a Big Creep. The rap was that he was a selfish player, a braggart who couldn't deliver when it counted. Last year, up for a new contract and trying to impress his owners with gaudy numbers, he hit 36...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grand Slam | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

Your cover portraying Clinton and Yeltsin as crippled leaders outraged me. If Clinton's presidency is diminished, it's partly because the media keep asserting that that is the case. However, the bulk of the blame goes to Ken Starr, who has dogged the Clintons for years. As disgusting as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 28, 1998 | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

But to me, an Orioles fan who spent summers straining to hear faint radio signals from WBAL Baltimore while vacationing on Cape Cod, I never felt the pull of the nation's obsession with Ripken.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thank God, The Streak Is Over | 9/22/1998 | See Source »

Pettie's growing obsession with her lost opportunity is observed warily by her friend Albert, another alum of the Morning Star who now makes a living cleaning graffiti off the walls of the London Underground at night. Albert is another masterpiece in Trevor's long career of creating odd but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Mysteries Of Loss | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

(3 of 3) At this time, of course, Clinton was winding down his affair with Lewinsky -- who had been transferred to the Pentagon in April, and was to have no more sexual relations with Clinton for the rest of 1996. It's not much of a stretch to imagine Monica...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Is Eleanor Mondale? | 9/18/1998 | See Source »

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