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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Moses finally agrees to do God's bidding and ultimately leads the Israelites out of Egypt. The Israelites settle in the Land of Israel, build a couple of temples and are expelled from Israel after the Romans sack the second one in 70 A.D. Nearly 2000 years later, Zionists return to the Land and begin building houses in the West Bank, which really pisses off George Bush, 42nd president of the United States...

Author: By Kenneth A. Katz, | Title: Burning Bush | 2/26/1992 | See Source »

Ronald Reagan flew to Moscow through seven time zones in 1988, when he was 77 years old, and at moments responded like a sack of potatoes. Jimmy Carter frazzled himself and his entourage by racing through seven countries in Europe, Asia and Africa in nine days in 1978. Lyndon Johnson went on a whimsical and wild four-day flight around the world in 1967. When he found out he had overspent his travel kitty, he sent his Bible-thumping aide Marvin Watson skulking around Washington seeking secret funds from other departments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency Motion Sickness | 1/20/1992 | See Source »

...rural narrative method is infinite digression -- the pickings thin out. Like the rest of WLT's hayseeds and gallus snappers, the Shepherd Boys begin to lose listeners. In their prime, Keillor relates, they "could kill a quart like it was lemonade and and then they would jump in the sack with anything in high heels, hop out and sing 'The Old Rugged Cross,' and feel so good, they'd jump right back in." Maybe they still could, given the chance, but unemployment looms. With Frank White, the author's bright-eyed hero, they are exiled to the sticks, sent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ghosts of Studio B | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

Although Yale entered the second quarter on a roll a Spencer Neumann sack, good defensive penetration and a couple of Yale holding penalties, kept the Elis off the board...

Author: By Daniel L. Jacobowitz and Josie Karp, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: Yale Tops Gridders, 23-13 | 11/23/1991 | See Source »

Penn's defensive strength is its secondary, which may force Harvard to run the ball almost exclusively. Strong safety Gregg Walsh was the Ivy Defensive Player of the Week last week with 13 tackles, two pass breakups and a sack. Free safety Tom Oko, who recorded two interceptions against Holy Cross and ranks ninth among Penn's alltime tackling leaders, complements Walsh...

Author: By Dan Jacobowitz, | Title: Gridders Look to Avenge '90 Loss, Stay in Ivy Race | 11/16/1991 | See Source »

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