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Floods, wars,  sports, peace



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        conferences,  homeless



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        people,  and environmental



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        issues were just a few of the



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        headlines for  1990.In a



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        rapidly changing world,  one



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        must redeem the  time



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        because each day and



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        sometimes each hour brings



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        surprising changes.  For



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        instance, in just a few hours,



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Argentina lost the World



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Cup Soccer title to the West



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Germans and within one



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        minute  twenty-three seconds




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        of the tenth round, James


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         "Buster" Douglas knocked




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         out Mike Tyson to claim the


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         World Heavyweight title.




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                                                                                                           David  H.  Souter,  51,  a  previously                                                              Defeating  the  Milwaukee  Brewers  on  July  31,  Texas  Rangers  pitcher


                                                                                                           little-known  New  Hampshire  judge,                                                           Nolan  Ryan won  his 300th  game.  “ I  feel  more  relieved than  anything else


                                                                                                           became  the  105th  Supreme  Court                                                             after all the buildup,”  He said after joining the 300 Club.

                                                                                                          justice  in  October  after  pledging to                                                             A crowd of 51,533 showed up to cheer Ryan on at County Stadium. “A lot


                                                                                                           “ do  equal  right  to  the  poor  and  to                                                     of people have come in for this game. It’s inconvenient for them, but they’re


                                                                                                           the rich.”                                                                                     friends of mine and they want to be a part of it,” he said before the game.


                                                                                                                In  a  brief  ceremony,  he  received                                                          On May 1, 1991, he pitched his 7th no-hitter, breaking his previous record

                                                                                                           the oath of office from Chief Justice                                                          of 6. At age 44, Ryan, “the strikeout king” , also has the distinction of being


                                                                                                           William H. Rehnquist and almost im­                                                            the oldest player in the league.


                                                                                                           mediately began  hearing  high  court

                                                                                                           cases with his eight new colleagues.
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