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...scouting report said that all three of them were two-pitch pitchers," Binkowski said. "All of them hit the high 80s or low 90s on the gun, and [Adams and Haren] throw split-fingered fast-balls. [Tucker] has a good overhand curve...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Draws Waves | 5/26/1999 | See Source »

...scouting report said that all three of them were two-pitch pitchers," Binkowski said. "All of them hit the high 80s or low 90s on the gun, and [Adams and Haren] throw split-fingered fastballs. [Tucker] has a good overhand curve...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Will Face Pepperdine in NCAA Tournament | 5/26/1999 | See Source »

...attempt to capture territory than a means of keeping international focus on Kashmir. Pakistan is concerned that if things remain quiet in the region, the world will forget about the long-standing dispute over the territory." Wednesday's escalation brought tensions between the two countries to a fever pitch, as Pakistan's military threatened to retaliate and India warned it to stay out of the battle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nuke Nervousness Over India-Pakistan Tension | 5/26/1999 | See Source »

That was not the only time Gore's pitch for force carried the day. In mid-1995, as a frustrated Clinton agonized over air strikes in Bosnia, Gore described photos of a Srebrenica woman who had hanged herself in despair and how they had haunted Gore's 21-year-old daughter. What Karenna Gore couldn't understand, the Vice President said, was why the U.S. was not doing more. At that moment the decision crystallized to make the U.S. bombing threat a real one. "We've got to try something," the President concluded. Giving war a chance helped push...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Secret Passion of Al Gore | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

Diana Ross and Brandy. It sounds like the start of a movie pitch. Turns out, it's a pitch that worked: the two singers, one a legend and the other a Gen-Y sensation, are co-starring in the dramatic TV movie Double Platinum, airing this Sunday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Stop! In the Name of Divas | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

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