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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Book: The Square today is all commercial banks, but it wasn’t always this way. In the fifties and sixties, Harvard was known as the Kremlin on the Charles, and rebellious students occupied administration buildings (witness the monstrosity that is riot-proof Canaday). Communists will still accost you in front of the Coop, and the venerable Revolution Bookstore is still in business on Mass. Ave. With Mao’s book, you will be able to separate true radical from poseur—and get a head start on your course in Chinese history...

Author: By Alex M. Mcleese and Amy Sun, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Must-Haves for Life in College | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

...like he went off the rails about criticizing Obama.The things he said about Obama were not nearly as caustic as the things Hillary used to say about his opponents. He felt that he owed it to Hillary to do for her as she did for him. She would literally accost his opponents. When he was running for Governor of Arkansas, she would stop his opponents in front of the state house and start yelling at them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting Bill Clinton On the Couch | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

...American hits and the sounds of the immortal Korean rapper Crown J. The gay community heads off to party at “Homo Hill” in Itaewon, the international district. And wasted government officials delay their trips to “massage parlors” to accost groups of Americans and buy them rounds of whiskey bombs. (Thanks, Mr. Choo...

Author: By Loren Amor | Title: Finding the Seoul of Korea | 7/1/2008 | See Source »

...English and American Literature and Language and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Eat it. Hometown: Mequon, Wisconsin Ideal Date: Pick up a bottle of wine. Head back to my place. Climb into bed. Whip out our laptops. IM until sunrise. Best way for a guy/girl to get your attention: Accost me. I’ve got problems with focus, but I can’t ignore an attack. Where to find you on a Saturday night: Crying/masturbating in my common room. Watching Law and Order SVU. Using my own tears as lubricant. First thing you notice about...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: scoped! | 10/25/2006 | See Source »

Sure enough, I had cause for concern. It’s all gone; Halloween, Valentine’s Day, Christmas parties. And, when I trotted up to my old alma mater to accost the unassuming secretaries, they confirmed the revised holiday schedule. Of course, they couldn’t really articulate the root of the recent changes—when I talked to the principal, she just gave me a roll of the eyes and said, “You know, some people are just crazy.” Cultural sensitivity at its best...

Author: By Morgan Grice, | Title: Happy Christmahanukwanzaa | 1/5/2005 | See Source »

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