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Usually it is the President's side of the family that attracts unwanted publicity--Roger Clinton, Neil Bush and Billy Carter come to mind. But in the two-for-one Clinton presidency, the First Lady's brothers have joined in the tradition. Some of their misadventures are known. Now TIME has uncovered new examples of the brothers' asking for--and receiving--White House meetings with top Administration officials on behalf of their business associates, including a scheduled drop-by visit from the President himself. So far, the Rodhams don't seem to have made much money from their White House...
Pitching is what brought the Yankees to their showdown with the Braves. At their best, the Yankees' somewhat aged starters--the thirtysomethings David Cone and Roger Clemens, the 27-year-old Andy Pettitte and the your-guess-is-as-good-as-his Orlando ("El Duque") Hernandez--almost match up with Atlanta's foursome of Greg Maddux, John Smoltz, Kevin Millwood and Tom Glavine. The rest of the Yankee team is more balanced and more powerful than the Braves. And while Atlanta does have a snorting, 225-lb. alpha male lefthander, John Rocker, in the bullpen, the Yankees can turn...
...Medicine Zheng W. Chen; Professor of Psychology Marc D. Hauser; Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Jae U. Jung; Associate Professor of Pathology Andrew A. Lackner; Instructor in Veterinary Medicine David E. Lee-Parritz; Associate Professor of Psychobiology Bertha K. Madras; Professors of Psychobiology William H. Morse and Roger D. Spealman; James T. Wortham, associate director of the New England Regional Primate Research Center; and Associate Professor of Medicine Frederick C. Wang...
...less a sage than Roger Kahn says that a sportswriter's greatest enemy is believing that he can predict the future...
When will any baseball fan ever forget the image of Melvin Mora and Roger Cedeno leaping into each other's arms behind home plate, with Rocker watching angrily from the mound? You know you smiled...