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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...actually enroll. "We've had white players who wanted to play here before," says Willie West, the team's coach for 29 years. "Then their mom visits the school, gets scared, and that's the end of it." But in an era in which good high school players switch teams like free agents, Meriwether was looking for a chance to play at a top school, regardless of the demographics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Meriwether: White Men Can Jump | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

...what was up as he, dripping sweat and looking as if he was in pain, tried to stump her with his instrument. Joseph was flawless as she effortlessly repeated his tunes, smiling. As mentioned earlier, most of the band members can play all of the instruments; they would switch repeatedly throughout the performance. Sheldon Webster especially, who is Gulston's partner on the tenors, has mastered all of the drums and played most of them during the course of the show...

Author: By Emma R. Heeschen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Adding a Little 'Panazz' to Symphony Hall | 12/11/1998 | See Source »

...result of the operation and the daily medication he takes, the actor hopes to continue working on his hit show for years to come. Ultimately though, Fox told Walters that he believes that "within the next 10 years, they're going to find a way to flick a switch and this is gone. Maybe one of the reasons I'm more optimistic and happier and more relaxed than people would expect me to be is I won't see 50 with this. I will see 50, but I will not have this...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: Alex Keaton Takes on a New Role | 12/10/1998 | See Source »

...Microsoft stuck its competing Web browser, Explorer, on millions of Windows desktops and grabbed roughly half the market with uncanny speed (the Justice Department is still trying to figure out exactly how that happened). Under AOL's wing, Navigator could once again take the lead--if Case decides to switch AOL's built-in browser from Explorer to Navigator. The problem is that if Case drops Explorer, AOL could lose its happy perch on those same millions of Windows desktops. What's it going to be, Steve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AOL, You've Got Netscape | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...over like a lead balloon in the industry, where air fares were fixed by a cartel, the International Air Transport Association; it didn't want to hear about the tourist class. Incredibly, Britain closed its airports to Pan Am flights that had tourist seats. Pan Am was forced to switch to remote Shannon, Ireland. The industry's aversion to competition and making travel affordable was to have a long life, as Sir Freddie Laker would discover in the 1970s and Virgin Atlantic nearly a decade later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUAN TRIPPE: Pilot Of The Jet Age | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

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