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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plowing in that country," she wrote, "where the furrows of a single field often lie a mile in length, and the brown earth, with such a strong, clean smell, and such a power of growth and fertility in it, yields itself eagerly to the plow, rolls away from the shear, not even dimming the brightness of the metal, with a soft, deep sigh of happiness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hugh Sidey's America: Revolution on the Farm | 6/29/1992 | See Source »

...came into the game ready to play and the opening period was fairly even. The Eagles could not put any sustained pressure on the Crimson, but late in the period, freshman Kate Antos and her determined forechecking led to an offensive flurry against goalie Alexander Shear...

Author: By Joanne Nelson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Icewomen Down Eagles in 'Pot, 5-1 | 2/5/1992 | See Source »

...came right back at the Crimson, and tied the game at 8:15 of the second period. Tracey Labossiere received a clearing pass from Lisa Tullimiere and broke in all alone. She fired a wrist shot past Shear's weak side...

Author: By Joanne Nelson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Icewomen Down Eagles in 'Pot, 5-1 | 2/5/1992 | See Source »

Freshman goaltender Erin Villiotte, who captained the boys team at Shrewsbury High, will get the call between the pipes. Lexi Shear, who posted a 1.88 goals-against average while playing behind last year's senior starter Gillian D'Souza, will also see some action...

Author: By Joanne Nelson and Liz Resnick, S | Title: Icewomen Take the Offensive | 11/20/1991 | See Source »

...York. It's in venues around the country. Tamara, the Canadian play that leads audiences on a chase through a villa in pursuit of sex and intrigue, is the longest-running show in Los Angeles history (seven years); it also did a 2 1/2-year stint in Manhattan. Shear Madness, a mystery comedy in which audience members give suspects the third degree, has run in Boston for 11 years, Chicago for nine and Washington for three. San Diego, Houston, Miami and Philadelphia all boast dine-and-deduce thrillers. In Tony n' Tina's Wedding, revelers trek from a marriage ceremony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Come to The Cabaret! | 8/12/1991 | See Source »

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