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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...received a report that a Cambridge resident had been shot at four times and struck once in the chest by a 5 foot, 10 inch black male at 2440 Mass. Ave. Witnesses stated that there had been an argument between the victim and the suspect, at which point the suspect removed a firearm from his coat and fired four shots. The victim was taken to Beth Israel Hospital by ambulance, and later said he would "take care of business" with the suspect himself and would not give CPD a further description or any information...

Author: By Kirsten G. Studlien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POLICE LOG | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

However, this argument is flawed. First, the University has always claimed it meets students' needs, yet this year it increased the total financial aid package by $2,000 per student--a boon for students, but also a sign that the University could have been doing more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Give Us Our Money | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

...that argument at all," she says."One could argue that Harvard is already a men'scenter. It's naive to assume that women do nothave certain needs just because men don't havethem...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Students Wonder Why Radcliffe Considers Its Job Done | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

...possession of beauty at once sultry, pixie-ish and refined, Friel grew up in northern England aspiring to capitalize on her skill for argument rather than her looks. "I wanted to be a lawyer," she says. "I was on the debating team; we'd re-create Parliament, and I won computers for our school." But a life as Marcia Clark was not to be. During her middle-school years, Friel became involved with a local theater group, performing in student-written plays. At 15, she landed her first TV role, as Michael Palin's daughter in the British series...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain's Bella Donna | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

...bigger," says Stein, "and the concept of community standards is disappearing." If people in Cincinnati, or anywhere else in the country, can log on to porn web sites from anywhere else in the world, how can local standards exist, let alone be defined, for any medium? This is the argument Flynt wants to press and win at his trial, and thereby "turn himself from smut peddler to First Amendment statesman," says Stein. But Flynt may not get his chance. "The prosecutors in this case were smart," says Stein. "They sent underage kids to buy the porn." And the laws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Once Again, It's the People vs. Larry Flynt | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

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