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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After beginning to answer, Jennings said nervously, "I shouldn't start. You go," throwing the question over to Brewster, which drew laughter from the crowd...

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Anchor Jennings Reports The Century | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

...addition, because the next president will answer to an electorate largely disenchanted with council politics, council experience may prove to be a double-edged sword in the upcoming election...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Campaign Season Pumps Up UC Presidential Candidates | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

...When nature calls, you gotta answer. Speaking of which, I gotta use the bathroom right...

Author: By Jennifer Y. Hyman, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: In The Bathroom With B.J.: An Interview With The Delta Stow-away | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

Being unable to answer that question, I am reduced to offering a personal perspective (hence the title of this piece). When I was younger I lived in fear of finding out I was not as smart as I hoped I was. SAT's and IQ tests made me very uneasy. I still become jittery when someone in the room proposes a brainteaser I haven't heard before. That is part of the reason why I chose to attend an American college known for its unwillingness to give students C's. But this plan failed because intelligence is evident only...

Author: By Alejandro Jenkins, | Title: A Fool's Complaint | 12/1/1999 | See Source »

...University of Costa Rica can hardly expect to go through college without failing a couple of courses, some of them two or three times in a row. A friend tells me of a math professor who gives no credit if a problem in a test has an incorrect answer. He then goes back to look for errors of procedure in the problems where the answer was right...

Author: By Alejandro Jenkins, | Title: A Fool's Complaint | 12/1/1999 | See Source »

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