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American teams, unfamiliar with the Scottish style, traditionally have not done well in this event. Friedman and Kennedy were the first team ever to win without prior experience in Scottish style debate, according to their coach Kevin D. Sneader...

Author: By Matthew L. Thornton, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Debaters Take World Title | 1/13/1993 | See Source »

...minutes of face time with Bill Clinton, rival job seekers jealously track the comings and goings at the Governor's mansion in Little Rock. More than a few of them took note when, amid the procession of Senators and big campaign contributors, a shy, intense, bespectacled man with an unfamiliar face met for nearly an hour one-on-one with the President-elect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Osborne: A Prophet of Innovation | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

...risk of provoking another letter exposing my crypto-liberalism, I confess that I find the country's present mood of Clinton-worship more inspiring than disconcerting. Quite aside from my opinions of his policies, I welcome the unfamiliar sensation of living in a society which feels that respect and enthusiasm for our political leaders is acceptable behavior even for intellectuals...

Author: By Jendi B. Reiter, | Title: Give Government a Chance | 12/11/1992 | See Source »

...fare will at first seem unfamiliar--even alien--to regulars, and it just won't be the same without Tommy's with-it juke box and signature formica tables...

Author: By Anna E. Arreola, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Tommy Reveals Reasons for Closing Down Shop | 12/2/1992 | See Source »

DIVORCE THESE DAYS IS OUR PARIS in the '20s, an adventure of alienation and unfamiliar cooking that we write novels about. Too many novels and too whiny the reader decides. The genre is one that is not petering out but should. Until then, an amiable and cheerfully unwhiny exception is Thomas McGuane's Nothing but Blue Skies. The author's hero is a fortyish Deadrock, Montana, ^ businessman named Frank Copenhaver, who misplaces his marbles when his wife Gracie packs her bags. In this addlepated condition, he galumphs about drinking too much (or not enough; this isn't clear), getting into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Fine Time to Leave Me | 11/2/1992 | See Source »

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