Notebook: Mar. 25, 1996

WINNERS & LOSERS ANTHEM ANTICS

[WINNERS]

HAKEEM OLAJUWON Houston's star immigrant is cast as the "good Muslim" to Abdul-Rauf's "bad Muslim"

BASEBALL America's favorite pastime has long had a quiet answer: stay in the dugout till it's over

ROSEANNE Now her shrieking rendition of the anthem at that Padres game doesn't seem quite so bad

[& LOSERS]

MAHMOUD ABDUL-RAUF He finally compromises with the N.B.A., but forget a Wheaties box--and the Dream Team

BASKETBALL Taking away a man's living just for refusing to slouch and scratch himself like everyone else?

THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER All this might have been avoided if only...

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