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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...regular on the Hollywood star patrol who met with the actor on the set of his new film The Green Mile, say Hanks is polite even while firmly refusing to answer questions about his family. "He wants his private life to be private," says Booth, "and you have to respect that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Our Readers: Dec. 21, 1998 | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

...became a show in itself with crowded outfield seats; his practice shots got bigger cheers than real ones at most stadiums. But more than hitting a ball really far, McGwire showed what a true sports hero he is by the way he handled the attention with class and with respect for his worthy rival, Sammy Sosa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Of 1998 Sports | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

Goldstein said she was also asked difficultquestions. "One of the economists on the panel,without any warning, asked me to tell him what thepartial derivative with respect to y of some longmathematical expression was--without writinganything down!" she said...

Author: By Jason M. Goins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Four Named Marshall Scholars | 12/15/1998 | See Source »

...grew up in the Bronx and Brooklyn, N.Y., under the joint tutelage of a mother interested in the natural world, and Tarzan; Mittermeier continues to collect Tarzan novels and memorabilia. He and Peter A. Seligmann, CI's founder and chief executive, have gained an enormous amount of money, respect and attention for their 11-year-old organization, based in Washington. When Mittermeier is in barker mode, he makes the brashest p.r. rep seem shy; a good portion of our week together in Suriname has been devoted to the problem of how to get Michael Jordan to visit the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forests: RUSSELL MITTERMEIER: Into the Woods | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

...first few seasons, he left his combative temper in the locker room, suffered insults without fighting back and played his heart out on the field. He refused to give his opponents a weapon they could use against him, and in the end, earned universal, if in some cases grudging, respect. Fifty years later, Jordan dominates a sport in which blacks are so well established that the color line no longer has meaning. He can get away with behavior that would have got Robinson bounced out of baseball--like visiting a casino in the midst of a play-off series--because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cost Of Ignoring Jackie | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

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