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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...probably the first-year rooming lottery that provided me with the hardest decisions to make that first year at school. By now, it may be apparent that I, for one, do not always recognize my feelings until it is almost too late. This happened with housing my first year at Harvard as well...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: A Texan Avoiding Becoming a `Blue-Bellied Yankee' | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...England hasn't been that bad, but sometimes you wish it would be. Last season's squad actually almost made the playoffs behind a game plan of run, run, run. For professional fans, that means yawn, yawn, yawn...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Harvard, the Haven for Armchair Athletes | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

Harvard boasts some of the finest athletic facilities in the Northeast. And the Athletic Department's commitment to ensuring that all facilities are open to the Harvard community means that all undergraduates can use them at almost any time...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Harvard, the Haven for Armchair Athletes | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...fooled by the huge number of courses listed in the History section of Harvard's course catalogue. The department is famous for "bracketing" almost all of its courses every year--indicating that the course will be offered not this year, but next year. The department's affiliates used to wear T-shirts which read [History...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: Name-Dropping | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...chief negotiators seemed almost chummy when the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks resumed in Geneva last week. U.S. envoy Richard Burt joked about the danger of falling asleep due to jet lag, and his Soviet counterpart, Yuri Nazarkin, quipped that he had not yet mastered the jargon of arms control. Then, as talks progressed, Burt put forth a surprising proposal that threatened to sour the mood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arms Control: Off to a Bad START? | 7/3/1989 | See Source »

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