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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite the quick start, the Crimson attack fizzled in the second period as Harvard became careless with puck in its own zone...

Author: By Timothy Jackson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Action Jackson | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

...anything, Savimbi seems to be attempting to expand his diamond operations. This fall he launched a violent push into the diamond-rich northern Cuango Valley that has forced the state mining company to withdraw most of its staff. In recent weeks the Angolan army has claimed successful attacks against UNITA--most notably a powerful strike that destroyed Savimbi's military headquarters at Bailundo. UNITA's attack on the Cuango diamond holdings is seen as a retaliation and a bold attempt to re-establish control over the area that produces Angola's most valuable precious stones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diamonds In The Rough | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...world where Microsoft is under attack for it and America Online is envied for it, size matters, and today nobody owns more real estate on the Internet than Son. His holding company, Softbank, based in Tokyo, has a stake in more e-businesses in more countries than any other cyberprospector out there. Yahoo? Softbank is the largest single investor, with 23%. PeoplePC, the $24.95-a-month service that gives you a free computer and online access, is a Softbank-affiliated company. So is online grocer Webvan, whose initial public offering three weeks ago soared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Masayoshi Son: Emperor of the Internet | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...Berkeley, Calif., he was particularly fond of American birthday cakes. "I thought they were fantastic," he says, "with all the icing and decorations and candles. What kid could resist that?" He was apparently less taken with hamburgers. Last August the radical French farm leader led a commando attack on a McDonald's outlet under construction in the southern town of Millau. Armed with crowbars, sledgehammers, wrenches and screwdrivers, these crusaders for the French way of life dismantled the fast-food franchise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Super Fries Saboteur | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...medical buzz, including a special session at the recent meeting of the American College of Rheumatology in Boston and several reports in last week's Journal of the American Medical Association. In one study, researchers compared Celebrex, one of the so-called COX-II inhibitors (they attack an enzyme, COX-II, that promotes inflammation) to naproxen, a commonly used NSAID. Both reduced the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. But while 26% of the naproxen patients got an ulcer in either the stomach or the small intestine, ulcers struck only 4% to 6% of those taking Celebrex...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arthritics, Rejoice | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

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