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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Another loss of points occured in the 100-meter dash, where Horner was disqualified on a false start. It probably cost the Crimson a first-place finish, since the winning time was much slower than Horner's personal record...

Author: By Jacqueline Blocker, | Title: Tracksters Split Against N.U. | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

...theme suites upstairs are equally preposterous: gold-sprinkled carpets, Jacuzzis in the bedrooms, Egyptian murals in the Cleopatra suite, cherubim on the ceiling of the Michelangelo suite and, in the King Tut suite, lots of the sort of bric-a-brac a king likes to be buried with. Prices start at $250 a night for 1,200 sq. ft. and run to $10,000 for the 4,200-sq.-ft. Alexander the Great suite. But costs are incidental, since most of these luxury accommodations are reserved, on the house, for high rollers. "It has the most beautiful suites that have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: A Candymaker Went Mad | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

...bill late last week because it "was drawn so narrowly" and would "harm" Idaho women who became pregnant through rape or incest. Pro-life forces who had hoped the law would help persuade the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade and ban abortion altogether will have to start over in another state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Abortion: A Setback For Pro-Life | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

...seven years he drank milkshakes every day at a Bob's Big Boy in Los Angeles. "I'd have coffee, sometimes six cups, along with the shake, and I'd have sugar in my coffee," he says. "By then I would be pretty jazzed up, and I'd start writing down ideas. Many, many things came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Like Nothing On Earth | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

...Democrats' approach, Congress finally settled on a plan. Members voted 265 to 145 to establish a system that will provide $27 billion over five years to poor parents through income-tax credits and direct subsidies. The bill requires states to set health standards at day-care centers, expands Head Start programs for poor children and provides school- based care for up to 10 million so-called latchkey kids who would otherwise go unattended after school. In a compromise with conservatives, Democrats agreed to require states to issue vouchers that parents can use to pay for child care even at centers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Some Help for Working Moms | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

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