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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...style dove and partisan Democrat, Brown is the longest serving Californian in Congress. Once chairman of the House Science Committee, he has made the space program a priority while ardently opposing space-based military systems. Yet winning his past several elections by increasingly slim margins--his 1994 victory was by 2,629 votes--Brown himself has been targeted as vulnerable by the G.O.P...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

Anyway, other than "Youngblood" and "Slap Shot," pickings get slim for pure hockey movies. In other words, "Mighty Ducks" territory...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Reel-Time Skating: Great Stick Flicks | 11/2/1996 | See Source »

...market, is very cyclical. Early November corresponds to a bear market. With the thrill of the World Series fading as the days pass by, the sports nut (along with a proliferation of 24 hour sports cable networks) must search for something to fill the void. Unfortunately, the pickins' are slim...

Author: By Yair J. Listokin, | Title: Sports Endures Cyclical Lull | 11/1/1996 | See Source »

...Superior Court Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki gave the glove a starring role in the Simpson civil-case sequel, ruling that the defense would be allowed to argue that former L.A.P.D. detective Mark Fuhrman planted it--and by doing so, framed Simpson. Judge Fujisaki called the evidence of a planting theory "slim" but explained that Fuhrman's plea of no contest to perjury gave him no choice. While declaring that he didn't want "grandiose theories placed before a jury," Fujisaki handed the defense several other plums. Among the items they will be allowed to contend were planted as part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GLOVE STORY II | 10/21/1996 | See Source »

Your choice of body type for your cover photograph perpetuates the message that svelte sells. That slim, shapely body needs no Redux. My challenge: exhibit a "before" body, not an "after" one. And it should not be one held in by spandex or waiting to exhale. Make a statement. Be bold. Sacrifice the visually attractive for the normal, average, real. Were you afraid that a before shot might impact your newsstand sales "figures"? CAROL SIMONSON San Diego...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 14, 1996 | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

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