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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...year old Swedenborg Chapel on the corner of Quincy and Kirkland streets has been for sale for years, but it the last month a $3 million offer from a Somerville developer has thrown its future into doubt...

Author: By Jason M. Goins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Congregation, Harvard Mull Counteroffers As Developer Bids on Swedenborg Church | 7/23/1999 | See Source »

...sort through the individual claims of the other half a million class members. And it may not get that far. The defendants will no doubt appeal the jury's verdict, and they have often fared well on appeal. In a little more than a year, Florida appellate courts have thrown out a $1 million verdict and a $750,000 verdict in tobacco cases. The industry took heart last Friday when a Louisiana jury absolved two tobacco companies of responsibility in the cancer death of an individual smoker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tobacco Takes a Hit | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

...retrospect, I overreacted. When the Cedar Rapids Kernels offered to let me throw out a first pitch, I shouldn't have run by the editors' offices yelling "I bet your precious Calvin Trillin has never thrown out a first pitch!" I called my new favorite minor-league team immediately and accepted, drunk on my own power and assuming Cedar Rapids wasn't really far away. It is. From anywhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Are You Now, Sandy Koufax? | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

...severe case of high school senioritis. I'm thinking I'm ready and rarin' to go on coursework. And then the fit hits the shan--they drop a heap of textbooks and source-books and required materials and suggested reading on me. Of course, the suggested reading is immediately thrown out the window...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, | Title: Hitting the Books | 7/16/1999 | See Source »

...thrown a bone to the Europeans in the food fight between the two trading partners. In a speech to the National Press Club on Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman announced that his department will undertake an independent review of the process it uses to approve new varieties of genetically engineered foods and that it will also set up regional research centers to evaluate the long-term effects of such foods. The Europeans have been steadfast in their opposition to genetically altered farm products such as corn and soybeans, prompting the U.S. to threaten stiff tariff retaliation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Tinkered Tomatoes Give You Tumors? | 7/14/1999 | See Source »

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