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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Republican presidential primaries are normally royalist affairs, staid rituals of continuity posing briefly as wild free-for-alls. While Democrats can often be counted on to stage long catfights that rip apart the party so deeply that reassembly by November is impossible, Republicans prefer one-act passion plays in primogeniture. From watching Democrats, the G.O.P. has learned the cost of indulging in party soul searching for more than a few weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: BATTLING THE PARTY CRASHERS | 2/19/1996 | See Source »

...Diana, 32, to divorce was a veritable act of state. For this is the worst-case scenario: Elizabeth suddenly dies, Charles becomes King--and an estranged but undivorced Diana, Queen. Their rival courts would then so conspire against each other that the fabric of the British monarchy might rip beyond repair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WINDSOR WARS | 1/8/1996 | See Source »

...parole, is working on a new kind of sentence. According to the New York Daily News, the Long Island mechanic whose teenage girlfriend shot his wife is trying to parlay his notoriety into a publishing deal for his debut literary effort, Joey Buttafuoco's How to Avoid Car Rip-Offs. "The world is full of scammers," he says, "but that's not how the Buttafuocos do business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 11, 1995 | 12/11/1995 | See Source »

...Hall. Harvard's administrators and planners claim that since the Union is being moved, the 90-foot-long hall--which has hardwood paneling, an extravagant plaster ceiling, and stone fireplaces, and which has served as a gathering place for Harvard students for 100 years--is expendable. They want to rip out the hall's decoration and subdivide it into offices. Before this happens we can only hope that the administration comes to its senses. The hall should be preserved not only became it is a space of enormous architectural and historical importance, but also because it could become a setting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Save the Union's Great Hall | 11/21/1995 | See Source »

Some saw a lack of originality in the outfit. "He sort of looked like a rip-off of USC's [Trojan] mascot," said Mark R. Ragley...

Author: By Karen M. Paik, | Title: 'Captain Crimson' Draws Mixed Reactions From Game Spectators | 11/20/1995 | See Source »

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