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...really Yankees. Yankees are Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Reggie Jackson. Yankees are guys who like nothing better than hitting home runs, except for talking about hitting home runs. Yankees don't understand strategy because they're too good, too lazy and too drunk to bother. Yankees don't steal bases, paint the corners or run out routine grounders. And Yankees never, ever avoid the media. Of his team, Torre says, "They all want to get the game-winning hit, but they don't want to talk about it." These aren't Yankees. These guys are likable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Greatest Ever? | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

...city 50 miles west of Shanghai. "But even he is too weak to take on all the problems in China." The official then details the extent of corruption, inefficient industry, nepotism and financial chaos that plague his city, a microcosm of the mess China is in. Top cadres routinely "steal" houses for their children, he says, while others divert business loans to their own accounts and then walk away from the repayments. "It goes right to the top. The local party secretary's office was so expensively decorated--they say it cost $200 per square meter--that it was better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Missing Pieces | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...complicates life. Consider the precautions called for if you rent a hotel room for an extramarital dalliance: don't arrange the rendezvous by e-mail, don't pay your bill by credit card, and beware of security cameras in the lobby. (Also: if in New York City, don't steal any kisses at the corner of Fifth and 45th, which is globally viewable at www.mte.com/webcam/. But is all this really too much to ask when you're violating one of the Ten Commandments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sin in the Global Village | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...jumped dumped Powerade on. The Leverett student hurriedly swipes into her building and slams the door behind her, safe. A success story for keycard balkanization, right? Not quite. Is she really a Leverett resident? How do you know she didn't just transfer there because it was easier to steal bikes from the racks outside that particular House? Maybe letting her in is just the beginning of your problems...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: an open letter to the college | 10/8/1998 | See Source »

Brown scored on the following two drives and took command of the rest of the first quarter. Following a steal, Brown lobbed the ball past Harvard sophomore goalie Josh Bliesath and took a 3-1 lead to the end of the quarter...

Author: By David A. Roddenberry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bears Bounce M. Water Polo | 10/8/1998 | See Source »

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