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...then, just as suddenly as this bubbly abberation landed in Cambridge, the spell was broken. "OK" was promoted by a prime-time television commercial blitz. Is this low key? Would Douglas Coupland approve? Doesn't this undercut the whole idea of Generation X Cola...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: DART BOARD | 5/27/1994 | See Source »

...budget bill, Boren could be replaced by an even more consistent foe: a Republican. Coming just eight weeks after Senate majority leader George Mitchell announced that he will not seek another term, Boren's decision is the latest in a string of congressional retirements that are likely to spell trouble for Clinton in the midterm congressional elections in November. Boren is the sixth Democratic Senator to retire voluntarily this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Retirement Crisis | 5/9/1994 | See Source »

...wasn't just a close loss to Yale, it was a close loss to Yale which, if the Crimson couldn't win its last four meets of the season, could help spell doom for all hopes for a bid to regionals...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: A Team of Resilience | 4/30/1994 | See Source »

...half wound down, however, Walton ended the scoring spell. With only 4:23 left to play, Walton raced down the field on a fast break, circled around the Cornell goal and passed to sophomore Erin Cleary, who rifled the ball into...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Cornell Scares Laxwomen Before Falling, 10-5 | 4/25/1994 | See Source »

...recounted in one letter telling her hairdresser, "I was an orphan," and the remark, while technically untrue, was emotionally accurate. Her father died eight months after her birth, a loss that drove her mother into a mental home. The child lived with various relatives, including a spell with her mother's family in Nova Scotia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: She Mastered the Art of Losing | 4/25/1994 | See Source »

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