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ON THE FIELD, THE DALLAS COWBOYS ARE HARD TO BEAT, BUT OFF THE FIELD, THEY'RE HARD TO STOMACH

IT'S BIG DADDY!" WITH THAT PROnouncement, applause filled the Stadium Club overlooking one end zone of Texas Stadium. An hour after his big-D Dallas Cowboys had little-d demolished the Green Bay Packers 38-27 in the N.F.C. championship game, owner Jerry Jones walked into the room to the acclaim he so richly deserved, or paid for, depending on your point of view. "You did it, Big Daddy!" said a cowboy-booted courtier. Actually, Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin and the other boys did it, but with the team about to win a third Super Bowl in four years, it's hard not to...

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