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...talent in this game," says O'Neill, referring to a rule that also governs the game of life. "A hitter has to realize that. Last week I was hitting the ball hard, and it was falling in. Last night I hit the ball hard, and they caught it." Wee Willie Keeler's dictum, enunciated nearly a century ago, still applies: Hit 'em where they ain't. And how does a ballplayer do that? With a great deal of skill and a little luck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going, Going, Not Quite Gone | 6/13/1994 | See Source »

...sharp, even on nights when they don't have to study. Moreover, a trip to the Union for breakfast on any given day indicates that most first-years skip that most important meal on a regular basis. This would indicate that a third meal is due during the wee hours of the night...

Author: By Roy Astrachnan, | Title: In Search of the Late Night Snack | 5/25/1994 | See Source »

Baker Gets His Feet Just a Wee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Informed Sources: May 2, 1994 | 5/2/1994 | See Source »

...House official put it. What to do, though? Clinton's aides disagree even on whether to express displeasure with the Federal Reserve's widely reported plan to raise interest rates again in order to head off any revival of inflation. Some aides even think the recovery could use a wee bit of slowing; slightly less growth in 1995 might make for a faster advance in the re-election year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recovery for Whom? | 4/25/1994 | See Source »

DIED. BILL TRAVERS, 72; actor; in his sleep; in Dorking, England, south of * London. A leading British film actor who first won fame as the titular hammer- throwing phenom in 1955's Wee Geordie, Travers is best known in this country for Born Free (1966), in which he played George Adamson, the real-life game warden who oversaw the raising of Elsa the famous lioness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Apr. 11, 1994 | 4/11/1994 | See Source »

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