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...Your children. Congratulations: it is fifteen years after graduation, and you've finally hit the big time: two boys and one girl. Your daughter just got her elementary school "yearbook" and suddenly wants to see yours. "Wow, Mom," she says, "you did so much stuff in college! What's Model U.N.?" And you say, "Um, uh, I'm not sure." "But it says here you were Vice-President!" You clear your throat and say, "Well, it was a long time ago." This is just too depressing to think about...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: Who's Reading That Yearbook? | 10/8/1998 | See Source »

...medallion, he laughs with embarrassment, saying it has been retired to a drawer in the Dominican Republic. "Oh, it was big," he says, using his large hands to illustrate an ostentatious circle. "Sometimes you do some things, and it's just a situation. And after a while you think, 'Wow, I shouldn't have done that.'" Now, he deflects compliments by calling McGwire--and just about everybody else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grand Slam | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

...Wow, who the heck is that?" Murphy asked of Reese. "We're still asking ourselves that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLUMBIA, 24-0 | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

...Wow, who the heck is that?" Murphy asked ofReese. "We're still asking ourselves that...

Author: By Bryan Lee, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Lions Turn Tables on Football | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

...Representative Fred Upton, a moderate Michigander, called for Clinton's resignation after being asked over and over by voters what he could do about it. When Newt Gingrich heard about his colleague's announcement on returning from several weeks out of town, even the Speaker could hardly believe it. "Wow, things have really changed," he told a friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We, The Jury | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

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