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...When we disembarked in Florida, my grandmother took one look at my parents? haggard faces and swept my brother and me off to spoil us rotten, while my grandfather, chuckling, led my parents off to find a dark, quiet, childproof room. It?s very possible that my brother and I were holy terrors - although my sense is that we were actually pretty well behaved. No, it was mostly the inherent problem of long-distance train travel for people other than kids or crazy romantics: too slow, confining and expensive compared with the alternatives. My parents still blanch visibly whenever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I'd Love to Love Amtrak — But It's Hard | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

...reformers rushed to the floor, for fear the compromise would spoil if left too long. But the vote was a slam dunk, 84 to 16--even McConnell voted for it, saying he considered the increase in hard-money limits "a step in the right direction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Day Dawning | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

With the score tied 1-1 after three and a half innings, Crockett surrendered two solo home runs over the next three frames. The Buckeyes then added an extra run in the bottom of the eighth to spoil the Crimson's season opener...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Takes Good with the Bad in Opening Weekend | 3/21/2001 | See Source »

Ruddock stayed poised and prepared, stopping shots and rebound shots from all directions, to preserve the lead and spoil the great effort by Ferguson...

Author: By Nicolas O. Jimenez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Boyz II Ji-men-ez: W. Hockey Returns to Greatness | 2/20/2001 | See Source »

Although the Penn women's basketball team--winners of 11 straight--stands alone and unbeaten atop the Ivy Standings, the Quakers looked vulnerable in razor-thin wins last weekend. Tonight at 7 p.m. in Philadelphia, the Crimson (7-11, 4-1 Ivy) aims to be the first to spoil their precarious perfect record...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hoops Gears Up For Crucial Ivy Road Trip to Penn, Princeton | 2/9/2001 | See Source »

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