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...detrimental to be placed with that parent. The evidentiary standard is also more extreme, almost like a criminal case." The Browns will probably introduce evidence, supported by former friends of Nicole, that Simpson was a neglectful parent even before the murder, preferring the golf course to the school playground. Still, they face a daunting task...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAN O.J. STILL BE A DAD? | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

GEORGE CLOONEY, tired of being haunted by paparazzi's videocams, tried playground tactics: when a bully picks on you, stop dating his sister. Clooney struck a deal with Paramount Pictures--in writing--that Hard Copy would no longer cover him, or he'd boycott Paramount's other, puffier show, Entertainment Tonight. The deal lasted six months. Then Hard Copy did a story on Clooney's girlfriend Celine Balidran. The actor quickly imposed a ban on ET and spoke about it publicly, even berating Paramount executive Frank Kelly for making the deal at all. "A so-called news format show will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 11, 1996 | 11/11/1996 | See Source »

Hooley entered politics 20 years ago after her son was injured at a local playground. Two decades later, she has developed more (and presumably safer) area parks, along with a landmark state welfare-reform bill and a $10,000-per-year tax-deduction plan for higher education. Hooley's reputation for consensus building has made her a popular candidate and made this one of the closest House races in the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: OREGON | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...many years after beach volleyball was beginning, some friends and I used to play basketball on Sunday mornings in a Greenwich Village playground. The highlight of the year was not some spectacular hook shot--there weren't any spectacular hook shots--but the awards banquet at which we'd hand out honors like "The John Foster Dulles Award for the Most Specious Out-of-Bounds Argument" and a special trophy for "Most Improved Jewish Player...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RED TAPE AND VOLLEYBALL | 9/23/1996 | See Source »

Those of us who grew up in the Midwest had trouble playing without a net, so every Sunday one of us stood on the playground's trash can and taped our own net to the rim. For weeks the park-department employee in charge of the playground eyed this scene sullenly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RED TAPE AND VOLLEYBALL | 9/23/1996 | See Source »

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