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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Here lives the "poetry board," a field of blue construction paper pricked by pin-sized holes, fluttering with an army of white paper banners. This is the battleground itself, a place where writers tack up their poems, and critics tear them down-figuratively, never literally--or offer advice. The warriors: anonymous scribblers. The shot: a verse like this one, by a mysterious poet, "Tokio Rose...

Author: By R.i. Wilson, | Title: Lamont Poetry Board | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

...worried about his health? If he wants to rot his teeth, it's his business. If, on the other hand, his breath smells, then give him a toothbrush, maybe even two. Tack toothpaste ads up in the bathroom, and give him mouthwash as a present. Good luck...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: So How Does He Floss? | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York called for huge tax increases, ranging from 11% to 50%, on handgun bullets, to deter their use. He wants to tack his proposal onto the President's health-care bill, saying he cannot imagine the Senate Finance Committee, of which he is chairman, approving a health-reform bill without such a provision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week October 31-November 6 | 11/15/1993 | See Source »

...Butt said that he just took a different educational tack, using physics to give the crew a better understanding of how an efficient stroke worked...

Author: By Michael E. Ginsberg, | Title: The Search for Perfection: A New Technique Keyed National Champs | 11/12/1993 | See Source »

...coming to the tax levy limit. How are we going to continue to fund the programs that we have in the city?" Toomey says. "The city's going to have to take a more aggressive tack in terms of trying to get more creative sources of revenue...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: The Incumbents: Running on Their Records | 9/29/1993 | See Source »

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