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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...discovered last Friday night. While more dutiful undergrads raced to the MAC to grab that last Stairmaster or trudged home to cram for midterms, I lazily popped The Godfather (Vol. 1) into the Eliot Grille VCR/14" TV, and sat back to enjoy the ride. But before you could say "I believe in America," my private screening had come to a close. Two couples, a security guard and the Eliot Grillemaster installed themselves in my immediate vicinity, pausing now and then to quiz me on the relevant merits of the mafia to the extent that I began to wonder...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: The Godfather Returns | 3/17/1997 | See Source »

Environmentalists complain that too many snowmobilers ride roughshod over park rules. Rangers concede they are hard-pressed, even with radar guns, to enforce the 45-m.p.h. speed limit or keep hot-doggers from tearing off roads and into the underbrush. "Snowmobiles bring out the youth in people," says district ranger Bob Seibert. "Many of these riders can't seem to resist running up and down the hillsides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARCTIC CATS AND BUFFALO | 3/17/1997 | See Source »

...beneath Manhattan. The work is dangerous enough at the best of times, but jostling has broken out between Irish construction thugs from Hell's Kitchen, who by tradition control labor in the tunnel, and Italian heavies hired by management to break the union. At first Billy tries to ride out the skirmishing. Then his elder brother Paddy, a former prizefighter who is an enforcer for the Irish mob, hands him a pistol and tells him to make himself scarce. "These guys are psychos. I just don't know how it's gonna play out," says Paddy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: TUNNEL VISION | 3/17/1997 | See Source »

...pratfall and ripping up his knee. A little advice for the First Jogger: don't do it. As a so-called impact-loading exercise, jogging puts maximum pressure on the knee, especially once it has been weakened by a major tendon tear. TIME Daily's prescription for fitness: ride a bike. It wi ll provide the same aerobic value while putting no damaging stress on that weakened knee -- and the spandex clothes are cool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Knee Job | 3/14/1997 | See Source »

With Gelman dishing the rock inside, the UNC defense will need to collapse into the paint or take its chances with Feaster. If it takes that chance, ride Feaster's back into the second round. If the defense collapses, though, that will set up your perimeter shooting...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, | Title: Believe | 3/12/1997 | See Source »

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