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...They're charging three to four times more than anybody else," he said. "They should be morally obligated to lower international rates. It is pure extortion...

Author: By Carlos A. Monje jr., CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Charges for Long Distance Calls Will Decrease | 9/25/1997 | See Source »

...finishing in the box is pure grit," Zotter said. "We're a finesse team and we want everything to look good, to make the perfect shot. We need to do the dirty things, even a poke or an elbow, to get the ball in the goal. We don't always need the pretty goal, it is all the same on paper...

Author: By Keith S. Greenawalt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Soccer Meets B.C. | 9/23/1997 | See Source »

DIED. RICHIE ASHBURN, 70, a.k.a. Whitey, wisecracking baseball Hall of Famer who flayed the competition at the bat and on the mike; of a heart attack; in New York City. A Philly Whiz Kid in the 1950s, Ashburn was a sight in the outfield--a blond streak of pure energy. He won two batting titles, tied a major league record in putouts and later, as a Philadelphia commentator, set another in putdowns as he groused at umpires in his broad Nebraska twang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Sep. 22, 1997 | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

...dancer. Tom Selleck also scores high marks as the smirking, skulking tabloid reporter eager to package Brackett into a juicy "Entertainment Tonight" or "Inside Edition" story; one of the movie's funniest moments, in fact, occurs when Kline turns a dumbfounded gaze on Selleck and says simply, "You are pure television"-at which the latter looks positively (and rather diabolically) delighted...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Small Town's Homophobia | 9/19/1997 | See Source »

...wisely decided to stick to the musical terrain she knows best--resplendent ballads and sleek, romantic grooves. Butterfly, like Carey's last album, Daydream, has a breezy, unobtrusive style that flows easily from one song to the next. It continues the evolution that Carey began on Daydream--away from pure pop toward a keener-edged R.-and-B.- and hip-hop-influenced sound. To help with the transition, Carey hired producer Sean ("Puffy") Combs, who brought a loping, hip-hop beat to Breakdown; rapper-producer Q-Tip, who selected the chugging drum tracks on Honey; and R.-and-B. singers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE | 9/15/1997 | See Source »

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