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...Jack Siedlicki is the kind of guy who I think will work well at Yale," said Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Athletic Director Raymond Gilbert. "He has proven that he can do the job coaching-wise, and he is also an excellent recruiter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Siedlicki Will Replace Carm Cozza As Coach of the Yale Football Team | 1/3/1997 | See Source »

That was a wise move. By June the fund's private investigators determined that much of the money had been raised under the auspices of the Suma Ching Hai International Association, a Taiwan-based Buddhist sect that claims 100,000 followers in the U.S. The donations appear to have been generated at Ching Hai meetings in several U.S. cities, where followers were urged to contribute to the Clintons' defense fund. Some members gave directly; the Washington Post reported that others were told contributions would be made in their name. Trie's ties to the group are a mystery, but then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A FRIEND IN NEED | 12/30/1996 | See Source »

Once upon a time, there was a wise and aged turtle who was renowned throughout the swamp for the brilliant and lively gatherings he regularly held at his house. He attracted only the most erudite of animals--sagacious frogs who were experts in insect biology, beautifully plumed birds who would manipulate song and poetry to the highest degree, blinking fish who were masters of modern languages, and many others. They convened daily, not only among themselves, but also with the younger and lesser-learned animals of the swamp, with whom they shared ideas through lively conversation and written scholarship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Humorous Fable on the Friday Collapse of the Mail Server | 12/16/1996 | See Source »

...Cruise can be said to have a career problem, it is that people find it hard to believe that such an attractive star can act at all--let alone act brilliantly. But Cruise has always been wonderful at suggesting the vulnerability beneath American volubility, the wistfulness lurking below a wise guy's surface, the educability of egocentricity. But he's never had an opportunity to display those qualities with the subtlety Crowe provides him here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: ORDINARY SPORTS PEOPLE | 12/16/1996 | See Source »

...Starting at ABC is a wise choice," McMenamin said. "You make contacts even if you're only doing faxing and xeroxing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Young Journalists Tell Secrets of Their Success | 12/12/1996 | See Source »

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