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...benefited from a field weakened by upsets, injuries and the absence of many top players who chose to skip the Olympics to concentrate on the U.S. Open. While others viewed the Olympics as just another tournament, but without the prize money, Agassi saw them as the "fifth grand slam." The games hold special meaning for Agassi, whose father, Mike, boxed for Iran in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics. When asked what a gold medal would mean to his dad, who has stayed away from the competition because it makes him too nervous, Agassi responded with a smile: "I imagine that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany To Extradite Nazi | 8/28/1996 | See Source »

Three days later, a parrot grand slam helped power Harvard past MIT. The next weekend, Harvard cruised to four wins against Brown at home...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: Just Out of Reach | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

...parents are subjected to a shakedown body search" for weapons or drugs, Clark says. "They hear the door slam. They look at the inmates and see the way the inmates look back at them. We ask the prisoners, 'Was there something that led you to this life?' They say, 'Yes, my parents were not there when I was a kid. There was nothing to do, so I did this or that [crime].' It is frightening. It makes our parents realize: this is where their child is heading." Every three years, Clark puts his pupils through a similar ordeal. "We target...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IT TAKES A SCHOOL | 6/3/1996 | See Source »

...Bucharest, it's the only policy. "Everybody's lying in this city," says Nastase, who clearly isn't going to flatter his way into the job. "I want to be the first Romanian who didn't lie." Nastase, a little chubbier and wrinklier than when he won every Grand Slam title except Wimbledon, but with the same swinging '70s hairstyle, got the notion to run after a friend persuaded him to join the ruling Social Democracy Party last September. "In the beginning it was a joke," he told Time Central Europe bureau chief Massimo Calabresi. But now Nastase is addressing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 20, 1996 | 5/20/1996 | See Source »

...kiss, and unleashed a force way beyond his control. After that, everyone expected to be kissed--especially those within the velvet rope who had paid $50,000 to $250,000 for the privilege. This being the '90s, even the men expected something on the order of a full-body-slam hug, followed by a half clasp so the photographer could get a picture. As those of us who have tried to put the brakes on air kissing could have warned Clinton, this is not going to stop at $50,000 contributors. Soon every voter at every town meeting is going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WASHINGTON DIARY: THE NEW WAVE | 5/20/1996 | See Source »

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