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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...election of 1996 had less whoop and holler than it might have, it was because the electorate had become like Sherlock Holmes' dog in the nighttime: the dog did not stir because it knew its master. Not that people didn't care about the election. They knew what was coming, because they had ordered it up themselves. They felt the country was doing O.K., and at the same time they understood that the government they were about to put in place was unlikely to have anything to do with their lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BY POPULAR DEMAND | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

...listen to a word that The Boston Globe has to say--Adonal Foyle might be a good player, but he is not David Robinson (Grancio outplayed Foyle and I have a feeling the Admiral would whoop up on Harvard). Colgate doesn't stand a chance. At the top of the bracket, UConn makes it to a Sweet 16 matchup with under-rated UCLA...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Opening the Crystal Ball of the NCAA Tourney | 3/14/1996 | See Source »

Last year, after the Harvard women's squash team had defeated Yale for the national championship, Libby Eynon '95 declared, "We opened up a can of whoop ass tonight...

Author: By Brian N. Phillips, | Title: M. Squash Rules NCAA | 2/27/1996 | See Source »

...outcome was typical for Harvard, whose phenomenal team history includes an overall Ivy League record of 176-15, 30 Ivy League championships in 40 years and 28 national championships. Whoop ass, anyone...

Author: By Brian N. Phillips, | Title: M. Squash Rules NCAA | 2/27/1996 | See Source »

...Charles G. Adams gave a passionate delivery of the William Belden Noble Lecture at Memorial Church last night, but he said he can't "whoop...

Author: By Mary W. Lu, | Title: Charles Adams Inspires Mem. Church Audience | 10/14/1995 | See Source »

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