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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...certain arenas, the Radcliffe name still packs a punch, although sometimes not quite as powerful as Harvard...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Keeping the Maiden Name | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

...Arlene. Then Bret bowled into Texas. After that there were a few sputterers ? Cindy, Dennis and Emily. And then there is the furious Floyd (trailed closely by Gert, with Harvey hovering in the distance). What's going on here? Another trio of hurricanes lining up to take a punch at the United States? Sure, it's hurricane season, but why are there so many storms and why is this one so powerful? Is it just coincidence, or has humanity's abuse of the earth ? in the form of global warming ? come back to haunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Global Warming Behind the Current Swirl of Hurricanes? | 9/14/1999 | See Source »

NAME: Martina "Not Navratilova" Hingis OCCUPATION: Teen-age tennis phenom BEST PUNCH: After Serena and Venus' father predicted an all-Williams U.S. Open final, Hingis said he had a "big mouth" and the family "talk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 13, 1999 | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

NAME: Serena "Not Esther" Williams OCCUPATION: Teen-age tennis phenom BEST PUNCH: The high school graduate noted that Hingis' habit of speaking out might have "a little bit to do with not having a formal education...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 13, 1999 | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

...maybe Rock is a fighter. Not with his fists but with his jokes. His punch lines are his punches, his gibes are his jabs. In fact, just as Muhammad Ali had his Rumble in the Jungle, Rock hopes to set his next HBO stand-up in the symbolic location of Africa. "It's weird with stand-up comedy," he says. "It doesn't really translate worldwide. I want to figure out how do I make it worldwide. Do a special in Africa. Can't beat that. Pull that off, then I will have done something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seriously Funny | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

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