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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Where there was opinion on Clinton's gambit Tuesday, it was unfavorable. But the President knows well that the press's attention span -- like that of the American public -- is famously short. By the time the months of closed-door legal wrangling are over, the Nixonesque ugliness of the move, like every other aspect of the scandal, may eventually become matter-of-fact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Early Verdict on Executive Privilege | 3/24/1998 | See Source »

...forward is finally getting the attention she deserves from a national audience. Skeptics who believed that Feaster's talent had largely to do with weak Ivy League competition were proved decidedly wrong as Feaster ran hoops through two national powerhouse women's basketball teams in a span of a couple of days...

Author: By Chris W. Mcevoy, | Title: Superstar Does Harvard Proud | 3/18/1998 | See Source »

...Stanford's earliest exit from the Tournament since the 1981-82 season. The Cardinal also had three consecutive Final Four appearances in the last three years, six Final Four appearances in the last eight years and two National Championships in that span (1990 and 1992). Stanford is considered by most college basketball experts the team of the 1990s...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, | Title: Giz-ney World | 3/16/1998 | See Source »

...Kera Walker's recent installation in the Carpenter Center for the Arts appears in conjunction with Harvard's Change the Joke and Slip the Yoke: A Series of Conversations on the Use of Black Stereotypes in Contemporary Visual Practice." Walker's exhibit consists of silhouttes "Presenting Negro Scenes" that span the walls of the lobby...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pieces | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

...Vignette" is tastefully executed, but seems to meander and lose a little steam toward the end of its 11-minute span. The excitement picks up again with Haden's bluesy "Bay City," which leads into the centerpiece of the album, "La Pasionaria." The most extended performance on the album at 14 minutes, it also is the most ambitious in its incorporation of diverse musical idioms. Another Haden original, the mellow "Silence," and an appealing version of Ornette Coleman's "The Blessing" pass before Rubalcaba and company leave the audience with an impressive, incendiary rendition of Miles Davis' "Solar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Vivid Virtuosity: Jazzing It Up With Rubalcaba | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

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