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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stout prairie faith, such optimism was as relentless as the river, even after a week without running water or plumbing. Residents would call a radio station, ask about a certain block of a specific street and learn that their house was under 8 ft. of water. "Well, alrighty then. Thank you very much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GRAND FORKS: THE CITY THAT WOULDN'T DROWN | 5/5/1997 | See Source »

Motorists raise a middle finger as they pass Koskovich's home on High Street (where Sam Donaldson's limo was parked last week and where a sign reads IF YOU ARE A NEWS REPORTER PLEASE GO AWAY, THANK YOU). There Bertha Lippincott cracked open the door, as the plastic sheeting over the front window rattled in the wind. Sobbing, she protested her grandson's innocence: "There were four other names given that were involved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANKLIN, N.J.: DELIVERED TO THEIR DEATHS | 5/5/1997 | See Source »

Well people, this is my final dispatch before the big 25th. As you know, I'll soon be turning over the class notes to the always capable TWIGG NELSON, so all future letters and cards should go to him c/o his ashram. In the meantime, I want to thank all the folks at the Alumni Bulletin who made this job such a snap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CLASS TRASH | 5/5/1997 | See Source »

...leaping off the top of a runaway truck to land splat! on the hood of Chan's speeding convertible--is all Michelle Yeoh does. She recalls that on one of her first L.A. photo shoots, "The beautician told me, 'You know, for a stuntwoman you have gorgeous nails.' Well, thank you, but I'm an actress who just happens to enjoy doing my own stunts. It'd be nice if people could see me for what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: EVERYBODY SAY YEOH! | 5/5/1997 | See Source »

...serendipity of the two celebrations seemed almost too good to be true. It was as if they were both orchestrated by a higher power, namely Nike. Indeed, the two most compelling commercials on that ESPN telecast were Nike productions that ended with its trademark swoosh: "Thank you, Jackie Robinson," in which African-American ballplayers expressed their gratitude to Robinson, and "I am Tiger Woods," in which children of all races say that mantra before heading out to the golf course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LION AND THE TIGER | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

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