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A first-year student's fall semester is much the same. It is spent growing accustomed to college academics and life away from home.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Moving In Moving On Moving Out | 2/5/1999 | See Source »

Nothing shocks him. Not the rookie hazing, not the dusk-'til-dawn NFL marathon, not Randy Moss' tattoos and definitely not success. Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman Matt Birk '98 has grown satisfyingly accustomed to these things--especially the last. Having won 24 of his last 27 football games dating back...

Author: By J. MITCHELL Little, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Star Birk Adjusts to NFL | 2/4/1999 | See Source »

Grant denied that administrative opposition tothe clubs had been a factor in the decision.According to Sears, such pressure is a given forthe clubs, which are accustomed to it.

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Final Club A.D. To Exclude All Non-Members | 1/22/1999 | See Source »

Those who have watched his work at the Supreme Court over the past 27 years believe Rehnquist will be far more deferential than he is accustomed to being on his own turf. Rehnquist has been known to cut lawyers off in mid-sentence when their time has expired and to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Very Public Trial for a Very Private Justice | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

I lie in my hammock draped with white mosquito netting and become a cocoon. I try to sleep but am kept in a semiwaking state by our guides talking softly in Sranan Tongo, a lingua franca mixture of English, Dutch, Portuguese and West African languages, and by the chirping of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forests: RUSSELL MITTERMEIER: Into the Woods | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

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