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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...aren't allowed to wear a hat, toot your horn, form a clique or pick on a freshman, all because everyone is worried that someone might snap, it's fair to ask: Are high schools preparing kids for the big ugly world outside those doors--or handicapping them once they get there? High school was once useful as a controlled environment, where it was safe to learn to handle rejection, competition, cruelty, charisma. Now that we've discovered how unsafe a school can be, it may have become so controlled that some lessons will just have to be learned elsewhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Week In The Life Of A High School | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...pick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NFL: On Top of the Covers | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

...Eagles. I've given up on you. As much as it pains me, I am going to pick the DOLPHINS to win this week, and given that the Eagles have never won when I've chosen them, maybe they'll continue the trend this week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NFL: On Top of the Covers | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

...Rest: GIANTS -3 Saints PANTHERS -4 1/2 Lions Redskins +2 1/2 COWBOYS Bengals +10 1/2 COLTS DOLPHINS pick Eagles VIKINGS -7 49'ers Bears +8 BUCS CHARGERS +3 Packers SEAHAWKS - 2 1/2 Bills STEELERS -5 1/2 Falcons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NFL: On Top of the Covers | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

...Redskins are my new Eagles. Which means that I am going to pick them every week, even if they never, ever win. And picking them is particularly easy this week, since they are playing that Pittsburgh arch-enemy, the COWBOYS. I like the 'Skins plus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NFL: On Top of the Covers | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

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