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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Somewhere between Twin Peaks and Rome lies the town of North Bath. Located in upstate New York, it is the kind of small town where a dispute, if it escalates, can lead to the stealing of a snowblower by a disgruntled employee. When the owner of the brand new Toro tracks it down, he'll steal it back. This ritual can go on for days...

Author: By Jonathan Bonanno, | Title: Touchingly Redemptive 'Fool' | 1/20/1995 | See Source »

Despite the captain's well-deserved confidence, playing back-to-back road games makes for a tough opening-league schedule. Although the Ancient Eight is not known for its parity, no team can take any game for granted with its weekend-long twin-bills...

Author: By Shira A. Springer, | Title: W. Basketballers Out to Continue Winning Ways | 1/6/1995 | See Source »

...early life as part of a great tree. The paper it writes on remembers being logs in a wild river. The room's floorboards were part of a ship that flew a black flag. The grandfather was a boy; the boy will grow older. Fine drawings whisper the twin secrets of storytelling: long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: Imagine: a Cow in a Gown! | 12/19/1994 | See Source »

Federal investigators said today that Wednesday's American Eagle crash near Raleigh, N.C., came after one of the twin engines flamed out and stopped. According to the flight data recorder, the plane veered to the left as the pilots apparently struggled to regain control, then dropped suddenly seconds before impact. Fifteen of 20 aboard died in the crash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUTER PLANES . . . N.C. CRASH TIED TO ENGINE FAILURE | 12/15/1994 | See Source »

...house in the northern part of the state, right next door to his in-laws. Allen remains friendly with a clubhouse gang of old neighborhood pals. Ken Calvert, a Detroit disc jockey, still tries to match him in things like power lawn mowers. Calvert cross-cut his yard with twin 21- in.-blade Lawn-Boys; Allen bested him with a John Deere riding mower -- with Baby Moon hubcaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tim At the Top | 12/12/1994 | See Source »

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