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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...worked very intensely over the three weeks and had a lot more speed," co-captain Tom Fallows said. We tried several different combinations of people in the boat and, more importantly, front-loaded our race to attack the other teams...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. L. Crew Wins National Championship to Highlight Crew Season | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

...time will make it easier to enact less stringent legislation. Speaker Dennis Hastert has expressed a willingness to tighten gun laws: increasing the purchase age from 18 to 21 and requiring background checks for all sales at gun shows. But Democrats fear majority leader Dick Armey and whip Tom DeLay will work to declaw any final legislation. So Democrats have set their teeth, demanding action before Memorial Day as a tribute to the victims in Littleton. Emerging from a Friday meeting with the President, in which they coordinated their gun-control strategy, House Democrats nearly climbed over one another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Political Gunplay | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

...unto his eldest servant of his house... Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: And I will make thee swear...'" In the future when Hollywood makes a biblical or Roman epic, it might include a scene of a man testifying in the authentic manner...a reel grabber. TOM GILL North Beach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 31, 1999 | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

...Tom Selleck went on the Rosie O'Donnell show last week to plug his new movie, The Love Letter. Instead he co-starred in a little drama that was more like Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. After a hug and a few niceties, she broached the topic of firearms, and what ensued wasn't exactly friendly fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Picking A Fight With The N.R.A. | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

...argue that "the momentum has shifted" in favor of gun control, Democrats behind the scenes aren't so sure. "That's manure," said a leading House Democratic staff member. He and others haven't forgotten how in 1994 the N.R.A. knocked out two of the party's giants, Speaker Tom Foley and Judiciary Committee chairman Jack Brooks, over their support for the assault-weapons ban. And they note that rural, pro-gun districts have more clout in the House. Then there's the N.R.A.'s well-funded PAC and its soft-money donations. Majority leader Dick Armey and whip Tom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Picking A Fight With The N.R.A. | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

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