Word: runs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...California, where she played junior tennis and attended La Jolla Country Day School. Dark-complexioned Alexandra, 6 ft. 1 in and powerfully built, had shrugged off the talk, commenting only that her Caucasian mother had played both parental roles. That pat answer might once have been enough, but her run at Wimbledon renewed the speculation. Last week a Florida newspaper published a birth certificate listing her father as Julius Winfield Erving II. That's basketball legend Dr. J, the dignified, eloquent superstar whose spectacular play, and class off the court, helped lift the NBA back to pre-eminence...
...chip is a well-meaning but deeply flawed attempt to help families screen the offerings of a medium run amuck. But there is a low-tech way to do the same thing. Granted, it doesn't have the TV makers or politicians behind it. But I'm thinking that we parents might screen our children's TV viewing by occasionally sitting with them, watching what they watch and making judgments about violence, sexual content, bad language and even gross behavior we'd prefer not to see imitated. When we're not home, we can instruct the sitter...
When Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah announced his intention to run for President, the stalwart Republican claimed, "I'll be the longest of long shots." But alas, judging from the fringe candidates we looked at, he's not even that...
CHARLES R. DOTY Democrat, Oklahoma Resume: Pastor, dog breeder Relevant experience: Precinct inspector and county chairman who has run in every presidential election since 1984 Platform: Not announced...
...Canada, Thai, Varig, Ansett Australia and Air New Zealand), account for more than 60% of world airline traffic today. "Alliances give airlines the advantage of retaining their own identity while getting a global marketing reach," says Tim Goodyear of the International Air Transport Association, based in Geneva. Star is run by a management board and boasts integrated check-ins and sales forces. Other alliances allow partners to sell seats on one another's flights...