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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...society ordered Monica Lewinsky to wear a scarlet letter A, she would giggle, convinced that it stood for Awesome! DEBORAH BUCKNER Overland Park, Kans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 5, 1999 | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

...everyone who chose to ignore the taunts of sideline voyeurs and Purple Hearts to those who sustained injuries from the snowballs of fully clothed cowards. Tradition is one of the cornerstones of Harvard University. Each has special meaning for those Harvard men and women who participate. PETER A. OVERLAND...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thick-Skinned Streakers | 1/20/1999 | See Source »

...Brian is also a shameless wag, who early in the series has the hulking Aubrey escape overland from the French disguised as a dancing bear, led by Maturin as bear trainer, and who is not above calling a ferocious Spanish xebec-frigate defeated by Aubrey the Cacafuego, which means exactly what first-year Spanish students think it means (s___-fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Square-Rigged Saga | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...should have elected Bob Dole. He is too old to chase interns around the Oval Office. DON A. ELLIS Overland Park, Kans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 14, 1998 | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

Even more surprising, however, were the results of computer models done with a federal computer program called SLOSH, which stands for Sea, Lake and Overland Surge from Hurricanes. The program, the backbone of all evacuation studies, takes into account storm tracks, local landmarks and coastal geography to calculate the effects of a hurricane storm surge, the dome of water pushed ashore by strong winds. Such surges can be the deadliest aspect of a hurricane. An immense surge overflowed the city of Galveston, Texas, in 1900 and killed more than 8,000 people, and possibly as many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Waiting For Hurricane X | 9/7/1998 | See Source »

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