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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The baron was eventually honored as the father of the modern Olympics. And despite some fitful starts, his dream grew by (pardon the expression) leaps and bounds. The Games have survived two World Wars and a cold one, not to mention mismanagement, terrorism, professionalism and overcommercialization. The Olympics have of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A HISTORY OF THE SUMMER GAMES FROM ATHENS TO ATLANTA | 6/28/1996 | See Source »

Aileen made the Olympic diving and swimming teams for the '24 Games in Paris, and she came away with two more medals, a silver medal in the springboard and a bronze in the 100-m backstroke. (She still has medal certificates signed personally by Baron Pierre de Coubertin.) Those were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aileen Riggin: SHE HAS DONE JUST SWIMMINGLY | 6/28/1996 | See Source »

Most Disney movies aim to be enjoyable for adults as well as thrilling for children. Hunchback may prove to be the opposite, since many of the adult themes will fly over the heads of young viewers, like Notre Dame above Paris.

Author: By R. ALAN Leo, | Title: Disney's Got A Hunch You'll Come Back | 6/25/1996 | See Source »

Their relationship was of the can't-live-with-can't-live-without variety. But in the end he was not well rewarded. A communist, he ran afoul of the House Un-American Activities Committee and was indicted for refusing to testify. Lily, as he called her, was then a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: LOVERS AND SCOUNDRELS | 6/24/1996 | See Source »

George is a mergers-and-acquisitions specialist who has been the victim of an unfortunate divestment, left at the altar by his sassy, tousle-haired fiance. But this isn't an episode of Must See TV, so George doesn't seek solace from close friends and a laugh track. Instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: NOW, THE SEX FILES | 6/10/1996 | See Source »

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