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...first No. 16 seed in the tournament ever to defeat a top seed in NCAA basketball history. But sometimes a team is special not because of one spectacular moment but because it has consistently dominated its competition for the entire season-a team so far ahead of the pack that it seems almost surreal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Excellence on Ice | 3/24/1999 | See Source »

With that in mind, it's still possible to handicap the new players. The phone line networking crowd is clearly ahead of the pack, with more companies backing the technology. Compaq, for one, is selling a Presario desktop PC model already prepped to work with a home phone-line networking system. (See box for information on other products...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers and People: Superconnected | 3/22/1999 | See Source »

...prepares to abandon Susan, his partner of six years and the mother of their two young sons. As Jay goes through the rituals of an ordinary evening at home, he also meditates on the history of their relationship and waits until Susan goes to sleep so he can pack his bags. "It is the saddest night," the novel begins, "for I am leaving and not coming back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bittersweet Sorrows | 3/22/1999 | See Source »

...need to move the puck quickly out of the zone," Smith said. "We need to move out quickly and not stop behind the net to set up. They like to pack the wings so the defensemen will just skate out themselves and let the forwards swing high and break open...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hockey To Battle Big Green | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

...great outdoors that provided much of their inspiration. Visitors should plan to spend an afternoon swimming in the clear, spring-fed water of Walden Pond, searching for frogs along its fringe and exploring the 1 3/4-mile trail that encircles it. Another day, families may want to pack a picnic, rent a canoe at South Bridge and paddle the Sudbury and Concord rivers to North Bridge, tinderbox of the American Revolution and the setting of Emerson's Concord Hymn, which celebrated the "shot heard round the world"; or rent bicycles in Lincoln and ride the Revolution's Battle Road trail. Half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family: Little Concord's Literary Largesse | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

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