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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard, the game provides a chance to prove it was in bad form against Creighton and to regain respect against an obviously talented Terrier defense...

Author: By Peter D. Henninger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Soccer Preps for Terrier Attack | 9/22/1999 | See Source »

...especially want to get a good result against B.U.," said senior Will Hench. "We need to prove that the Creighton game was a bit of a fluke, that we can score on a top defense...

Author: By Peter D. Henninger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Soccer Preps for Terrier Attack | 9/22/1999 | See Source »

...file closet was neither a cause nor a cause of action, to a time when one pass or one bad joke is enough for a lawsuit. Plaintiffs can go on fishing expeditions so extensive that consensual affairs are fair game and totally innocent bystanders can be subpoenaed to prove that they were promoted on merit and not because they slept with the boss. Many corporations are adopting protective policies designed to cleanse the workplace of any sex, in hopes of preventing the actionable kind. Power is presumed to contaminate all workplace relationships. That means someone in an inferior position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexual Harassment, Chapter 999 | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

...surface. Last week Moi stated that the number of ministries would be cut from 27 to 15. "What we are trying to do is important and dramatic, and if it works, it will be a real victory," Leakey, 54, told TIME. "It would be very nice to prove that you can turn things around without a bloody revolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kenya's New Fireman | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

...this terrain? Sure. Between Hollywood's program libraries, production studios and promotional muscle, when the behemoths put their full weight online, they'll be some of the biggest dogs on the block. What's more, predicting a paradigm shift based on a declining American appetite for ordinary TV may prove to be a fool's errand. Still, CBS's $36 billion price tag derives from its status as a network that dominates Madison Avenue's ad dollars, not as just another player in a new and unpredictable ball game. "The Web turns viewers into the programmers and the network," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The CBS-Viacom Merger: Silicon Valley Is Not Impressed | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

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