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Author: By Caitlin A. Roxby, | Title: STEP ASIDE, SHIRLEY JACKSON | 2/1/1997 | See Source »

...right." Flood's fight was not about greed but about rights, about raising the status of players above that of commodity. Many of today's fans look at free-agency today and see sky-high salaries, labor strife, and disappearing team loyalty; for many, Flood's legacy has turned sour. But those remembering Flood described a quiet, noble man, who undoubtedly had something better in mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball Pioneer Curt Flood Dies | 1/21/1997 | See Source »

...Robert Dornan "B-1 Bob" went ballistic after narrowly losing his House seat in Orange County, California, to Hispanic financial analyst Loretta Sanchez. Threatening to sue her for election fraud, Dornan called Sanchez a "liar" and said "the whole thing stinks to high heaven." Of course, sour grapes were to be expected from the former fighter pilot who once grabbed a fellow Congressman by the collar and called him a "draft-dodging wimp." Sanchez's campaign manager, John Shallman, spoke for many when he said of Dornan, "He's been, and continues to be, a national disgrace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WORST PUBLIC PERFORMANCES OF 1996 | 12/23/1996 | See Source »

...perennial ill of campus musicals, a singing voice too weak or too sour to carry, doesn't show its face here at all. Andrew Burlinson as Frederic, the Pirate Apprentice, projects with a sweet clarity, and Sarah Cullins as Mabel, his romantic counterpart and the General's daughter, banters back with coy and subtle bravura of her own. And if Adam Smith as the Major-General Stanley is outshined a little vocally, he more than compensates with his bizarre--but somehow nonetheless appropriate--Major-General gyrations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: G&S 'Pirates' Combines Physical, Verbal Derring-Do | 12/12/1996 | See Source »

...Williams. "Steams side vegetables but sometimes adds...sour cream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Nov. 25, 1996 | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

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