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...bicycle or in-line skates or tennis racquet or putter for the loved one in your life? Say goodbye to the $2.9 billion in Christmas sales racked up by sporting goods and bike shops. Shun the glittering bauble? Jewelry stores sold $4.5 billion worth of glitter last December--more than 23% of their total. No more liquor, candy and the like? With retail stores making anywhere from 25% to 40% of annual profits during the holidays, a wholesale abandonment of gift buying would turn our retail shops into empty shells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE REAL CHRISTMAS SPIRIT | 12/30/1996 | See Source »

...Forrest Gump is not representing the U.S. The world's most popular racquet sport (40 million people played in tournaments last year) still belongs to the Chinese when it comes to the Olympics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIEWER'S GUIDE | 6/28/1996 | See Source »

Shake hands with the tallest member on the 22nd-ranked Harvard men's tennis team, and your palm will disappear into the same hand that has struck fear into the hearts of opposing players throughout the season. There is no question about it--Tom Blake can handle a tennis racquet like few others...

Author: By James Castanino, | Title: Blake Stands Out On and Off the Court | 5/17/1996 | See Source »

...sophomore, Blake has become a fixture on the Harvard squad, just as tennis racquet became a fixture in his hand after his parents introduced him to the game when he was nine years old. He immediately fell in love with tennis, and recalls anxiously waiting for his parents to finish their weekend matches so he could play with one of them...

Author: By James Castanino, | Title: Blake Stands Out On and Off the Court | 5/17/1996 | See Source »

...Crimson, which has dominated women's squash in recent years, are defending WISRA (Women's Intercollegiate Squash Racquet Association) champions. It has earned this distinction for the last four years...

Author: By Jessica E. Kahan, | Title: W. Squash Battles in Princeton | 1/10/1996 | See Source »

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