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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their rooms after visiting the local pubs that they would have to climb a ladder to get over the locked gates. Back at Harvard Law School, Souter played the role of courtly gentleman, wearing a three-piece suit to parties and telling stories in his strong New England accent. Says Levine: "No one I've ever met is more fun at a party; he has that British satirical sense of humor, does wonderful impressions." That hardly qualifies him as a party animal, but it may have contributed to his failure to make law review...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Souter: An 18th Century Man | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

...account that Brando overpowers the film. Broderick possesse a natural comic timing, and is perfect in his role as the naive New Englander. Kirby, too, is excellent in his role, extremely convincing as Sabatini's slightly slimy go-fernephew. Miller slips in and out of her horribly affected Queens accent but is well suited to her character, effectively portraying the spoiled self-consciousness one might expect from the mafia princess. And Academy Award-winning actor Schell is strangely engaging as the quirky eccentric chef. He displays a comic subtlety remarkable in a serious actor...

Author: By Garrett A. Price iii, | Title: Mafioso Brando Tramples Quirky Comedy | 8/3/1990 | See Source »

According to the official notice, the suspect is a slender [Black] male, in his late 20s or early 30s, speaking with an accent, slightly balding, graying at the temples and presentably dressed. This person has no affiliation with Harvard...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: Police Set To Arrest Alleged Rapist | 7/24/1990 | See Source »

Joining Jewett on the ever-popular Ad Board is Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III. Epps is easily recognizable by his polka-dot bow ties, seersucker suits, funny accent and umbrella with a carved duck's head on the handle (really). He's also one of Harvard's few Black administrators...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: And Now, Some People You'll Probably Never Meet | 7/3/1990 | See Source »

...working-class neighborhoods, concealing the fact that the terraces of narrow houses are the same on each side. There is a small door in the wall, but the children never pass through it. Ciaran, 12, who was all swaggering belligerence around the British troops, mimicking an English upper- class accent to shout "Bloody buggers" as they passed, goes within 5 yds. of the door, then stops. He won't say why; he just knows that behind it lies danger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Northern Ireland: Death After School | 6/18/1990 | See Source »

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