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...article quotes Tadesse's letter: "I am like a person who can't swim chocking [sic] for life in a river...All you have to do is give me a hand and put into words what you already know...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dunster Murder Faces New Scrutiny | 6/3/1996 | See Source »

...mostly affluent, computer-savvy males whose average age is 41. The big brokerages claim they aren't worried about the upstarts and like to point out that their traditional business is still growing. But the movement to the Internet has tremendous momentum, and Wall Street knows better than to swim against the tide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTORS RUSH THE NET | 6/3/1996 | See Source »

...computer screen in response to whistles and hand signals. Due in stores this fall, the phantasmagoric Flipper was designed to make the electronic world more friendly for 6- to 12-year-old girls. Fin-Fin is a long way from a truly smart disk-based mammal--she can't swim out to the Internet and grab an image, for instance--but Fujitsu hopes she and her electronic cousins will help demystify (and sell) computers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techwatch, May 13, 1996 | 5/13/1996 | See Source »

...been a banner year for Crimson athletics. The women's basketball team, the swim teams and a number of wrestlers have all made it to the big dance of their spot. The men's hockey team came within two fluke goals of its NCAA tourney...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Revenge of the Nerds | 5/6/1996 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Republicans on Capitol Hill find themselves outflanked by the Democrats on popular issues like raising the minimum wage. So fractious and demoralized last year, the Democrats perform now like a synchronized swim team, setting the legislative agenda despite their minority status. Minimum-wage talking points are lofted among them like balloons. The budget passed last week provided billions of dollars for programs that Republicans had sworn to kill. In April, when Dole shelved the immigration bill after Democrats tried to attach riders on both the minimum wage and Social Security, he reminded the opposition sourly, "We have the majority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: THE BIG FUNK | 5/6/1996 | See Source »

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