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...Catamounts entered the game boasting a potent offense (87.8 points per game) led by sophomore superstar guard Eddie Benton, who was fourth in the nation in scoring (28.6 points per game...

Author: By Derek M. Glanz, | Title: M. Cagers Shame Vermont in 92-64 Blowout | 12/20/1993 | See Source »

...seasoned newcomers are willing and able to distance themselves from both the White House and chamber elders. The former may prove critical to their hopes in 1994; the latter perhaps hints at their future effectiveness as a potent political force. Their record--neither strikingly revolutionary nor seriously flawed--has not had the revolutionary impact that some had hoped. These babes-in-the-woods are still getting used to their toys...

Author: By James E. Black, | Title: The New (Old) Guard | 12/11/1993 | See Source »

...Lynn Cohen) has a dream touched off by her naughty kid brother Fritz, who breaks her favorite new toy, a nutcracker. The dream starts as a nightmare: the family's Christmas tree grows to alarming proportions; huge mice scuttle threateningly around her until they are conquered by a newly potent nutcracker (Culkin), who is then transformed into an angelic, pink-suited prince. Thereafter the dream becomes a cotton-candy fantasy as the prince escorts Marie to the Kingdom of the Sweets, where waves of dancers, led by the Sugarplum Fairy (Darci Kistler), perform in the children's honor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Not So Cracked Nut | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

...respect, the bill may be a turning point. Bolstered by polls that said crime was a big issue this year and that voters were putting some of the blame on firearms, both houses of Congress adopted potent gun-control measures. Though any of them could be modified or killed when the full crime bill is voted on, they represent a genuine shift in the willingness of Congress -- which made its last serious attempt to curb guns in 1968 -- to deal with the problems of a nation where one person is shot every 14 minutes. "At long last Congress is getting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three Shots At Crime | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

Plante, from the alliance, said the trend has become so widespread that youths now sport clothing with the words "blunt" or "chronic," referring to a potent strain of marijuana...

Author: By John Wagley, | Title: Marijuana-Laced Cigars in Vogue | 10/28/1993 | See Source »

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