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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...actress Natalie Portman exhibited a similar, if more demure, force of personality while insisting to Chua-Eoan, in a voice that could sweep Darth Vader off his feet, that an edited version of her piece on Anne Frank misconstrued her thesis. He quickly agreed to delete an offending passage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When The Writer Is The Hero | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...embodiment of the true sportsman, a modest fellow whose noble consideration for his opponents was equaled only by the cruel ease with which he vanquished them. Jones won an unprecedented (and still unmatched) 13 major golf championships in a brief seven years, culminating in his 1930 sweep of all four majors, the only Grand Slam in the game's history. And then, still an amateur and determined to remain one, he retired, at 28. From that day forward, Jones played competitively only once a year--at the tournament he invented on the course he co-designed: the Masters at Augusta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 10 Most Influential Athletes Of The Century | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...Harvard lost three straight games, all non-conference contests, and mustered only one run during that stretch. The Crimson bounced back with a doubleheader sweep of Penn to run its Ivy record to 6-0, but the winds of change blew for Harvard the following...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Softball Finishes Second in Ivies | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

...After a pair of tough defeats at Rutgers, the Crimson faced undefeated Cornell late in April. The situation was simple: Harvard needed to sweep Cornell to secure the Ivy League title. With each team only having lowly Dartmouth left on its schedule, even a split would cost Harvard the championship...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Softball Finishes Second in Ivies | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

Another welcomed surprise to the Harvard line-up was the emergence of first-year Colby Hall in the No. 6 slot. In the Crimson's heartbreaking Howe Cup loss, Hall managed to sweep Princeton's Emily Eynon in three games...

Author: By Cathy Tran, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Squash Drops Howe Cup Final to Tigers; Loss Only Blemish on 12-1 Campaign | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

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