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...Although its library is inferior to that of Turner Classic Movies, amc is more fun to watch. Here you see the unfamiliar Jeff Chandler or Virginia Mayo films that are often deliciously bad but can be crudely fascinating and say much about the times in which they were made. All this, and George Clooney's dad Nick as a host...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Best of 1998 Television | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

According to Luce, the confusion likely arose because students were unfamiliar with a 1997 Texas-court ruling that forced University of Texas to drop affirmative action in admissions policies...

Author: By Michael L. Shenkman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: URI Paper Faces Charges Of Racism | 12/9/1998 | See Source »

Another first-year, Emma E. Doggett, said that although the Times said the area is considered safe, she is unfamiliar with...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Yale Senior Stabbed to Death Near College Campus | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...computer science professor at Yale, was asked to write about Bill Gates. One nerd discussing another? Hardly. Those familiar with Professor Gelernter know him as a wide-ranging (one book topic: the 1939 World's Fair) and engaging writer, who was also a target of the Unabomber's. Those unfamiliar with him will be surprised by his provocative story on the world's best-known businessman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Contributors: Dec. 7, 1998 | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

Looking back, one can see that Rozelle's career was built on his talent for 1) persuading rich men who were unfamiliar with not having everything they wanted to take less than they deserved and 2) preventing full-scale revolt the minute the stakes became high. The subsequent endless pressures on Rozelle are familiar to anyone who has ever built a successful cartel--and cartels by and large fail. A member is more inclined to cheat the group the more successfully the group drives up his price. When Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys cut a side deal with Pepsi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PETE ROZELLE: Football's High Commissioner | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

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