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...much the better that the Y2K bug is something akin to the original sin of technological society, a mortal flaw bred in the very bones of the modern world. And that the proposed solution is a head-for-the-hills survivalism that speaks nicely to the enduring American fascination with ingenuity and self-reliance. And as it has for decades, the prospect of apocalypse now also offers the promise of escape to millions of people alienated from a civilization of intimidating global corporations, boundless personal gratification and unnerving manipulations of nature, like cloning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End Of The World As We Know It? | 1/18/1999 | See Source »

...Math 55 covers the content of Math 21 with maximal generality and rigor," he says. "It is comparable to a graduate course. The types of assumptions it makes about students are more akin to graduate level than 100-level courses, which you can walk in on with no background on the material...

Author: By Susie Y. Huang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Math 55: Rite of Passage for Dept.'s Elite Intimidates Many | 1/6/1999 | See Source »

...endowment lost roughly 10 percent of its value over the summer as tremors shook markets around the world. HMC investments in emerging market in Russia and domestic funds akin to hedge funds were hit especially hard...

Author: By James Y.stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Endowment Investors Earn Record Payouts | 12/17/1998 | See Source »

...stage. The plot is not merely implausible by virtue of the fact that two of the main characters are a sort of unique water animal, but by the fact that Leslie and Sarah, disregarding their physicality and slight speech impediments, conduct themselves just like humans. They are akin to an aquatic Mork and Mindy...

Author: By Brooke M. Lampley, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Meet Albee's Merpeople | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

...sense, a consultant in Michigan may devise sound and efficient management strategies which will save thousands of jobs. Guccis help more people than a Birkenstock comforting a dozen battered women. Isn't saving the jobs of several hundred garment workers through streamlining management akin to a Birkenstock ladling soup to 40 homeless clients...

Author: By Alexander T. Nguyen, | Title: Blame Harvard for Cold Hearts | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

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