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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...draws teams from the New England, Atlantic Coast, Mid-Atlantic and Southern districts, where the nation's top boats generally sail. At Nationals, weaker districts join in, lowering the overall skill level...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women's Sailing Places Seventh | 11/19/1997 | See Source »

...Often ebullient, even jocular, Aziz answered questions with both patient frankness and that skill of diverting discussion to favorable ground that is essential for diplomats who represent dictators...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq's Charm Offensive | 11/13/1997 | See Source »

...help protect Cuba against such actions. As Defense Secretary Robert McNamara stated at a conference in 1989, "If I had been a Cuban leader, I think I might have expected a U.S. invasion." Kennedy is often praised for his handling of the crisis. But less discussed is the skill with which he hid the U.S. insurgency campaign against Cuba. DEREK MULLINGS Dubai, United Arab Emirates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 10, 1997 | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

...goaltending situation for Harvard could not be better. The team has not only an exceptional starting goaltender, but also two talented backups. Depth and skill make this the team's strongest position...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: After Last Season's Growing Pains, M. Hockey Looks to Regain Glory | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

There are dumb movies, and then there are dumb movies. Making slapstick, the lowest form of humor, successful requires enormous skill and talent. Rowan Atkinson's character, Mr. Bean, whose inspired idiocy traces a direct descent from Charlie Chaplin, infuses new intelligence into unintelligent comedy. It's really too bad that such a well-wrought dumb character finds himself in such a stock dumb movie...

Author: By Jonathan B. Dinerstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Big-Screen `Bean' Doomed by Weak Plot | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

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