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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Often parents are chagrined to find they cannot do mathematics in a non-skill-and-drill format and therefore assume these lessons are of no value to their children. CONSTANCE KELLY West Bloomfield, Mich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 15, 1997 | 9/15/1997 | See Source »

Making it to the top requires one part skill, one part determination and a pinch of luck. For the last two years, the Harvard men's tennis team has had all the ingredients to be successful, and as a result has captured the Region 1 championship for two straight years...

Author: By Karun F. Grossman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Men's Tennis Eyes Top Spots in NCAAs | 9/12/1997 | See Source »

...tactically and technically sound," Miller said. "We work well together. We have speed, skill, and a lot of heart and desire...

Author: By Richard B. Tenorio, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Soccer Takes on B.U. | 9/12/1997 | See Source »

Making it to the top requires one part skill, one part determination and a pinch of luck. For the last two years, the Harvard men's tennis team has had all the ingredients to be successful, and as a result has captured the Region 1 championship for two straight years...

Author: By Karun F. Grossman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Men's Tennis Eyes Top Spots in NCAAs | 9/10/1997 | See Source »

Gibson grew up in Harlem, sharp enough to shoot pool with the local sharks and tall enough to play basketball with the boys. She was impossible to beat at paddle ball, a skill that evolved into her powerful game of tennis. She admitted no equals in the segregated leagues. And soon her talents were grudgingly admitted by the whites-only tournaments. But even while winning, she was denied rooms at hotels. One refused to book reservations for a luncheon in her honor. She claimed not to care, telling TIME in 1957, "I tried to feel responsibilities to Negroes, but that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Althea Gibson: THE WOMAN WHO WAS SOMEBODY | 9/8/1997 | See Source »

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