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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kong waiter and Harvard dropout Hei Yiu (Andy Olsen '02). But the road to fortune is a leisurely one, and there are frequent bus stops at the cities of Parody, Satire, and Random Joke. In one minute-long exchange, three of the students list their current assignments in an attempt to decide who has the hardest schedule; militantly feministic Meredith (Sarah Meyers '02) wins with--among other things--a position paper on the "exploitation of the Chilean sea urchin." Billy (Amias Moore-Gerety '02) spews bad double-entendres with annoying regularity; after his girlfriends desert him, he perks...

Author: By John W. Baxindine, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hong Kong: The Freshman Musical | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...Kong waiter and Harvard dropout Hei Yiu (Andy Olsen '02). But the road to fortune is a leisurely one, and there are frequent bus stops at the cities of Parody, Satire, and Random Joke. In one minute-long exchange, three of the students list their current assignments in an attempt to decide who has the hardest schedule; militantly feministic Meredith (Sarah Meyers '02) wins with--among other things--a position paper on the "exploitation of the Chilean sea urchin." Billy (Amias Moore-Gerety '02) spews bad double-entendres with annoying regularity; after his girlfriends desert him, he perks...

Author: By John W. Baxindine, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HONG KONG the freshman musical | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...what appears to be emerging as a neck-and-neck race for the men's javelin championship, sophomore Chris Clever will attempt to repeat his victory over Princeton's Rob Manning on Saturday...

Author: By J. MITCHELL Little, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M., W. Track and Field Poised for Heptagonals | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...examples so readily available in the Square at this time of year, I confess) were about to come true. The sounds were full of emotion, but unable to abandon my verbal vocabulary, I found myself furiously scribbling poor analogy after poor analogy on my program in a vain attempt to translate the sounds and dancing into a familiar syntax...

Author: By Christina B. Rosenberger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Monk Charms with Polyphonic Chant | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...Premise In Big Daddy, Sandler plays Sonny Koufax, a toll collector who has never relaly grown up (sound familiar?) That becomes a major problem when he decides to adopt a kid in a misguided attempt to woo his ex-girlfriend back. The first thing Sonny learns about fatherhood is that children do not come with a money-back guarantee. After accepting that, he learns a lot more--about raising a child and about himself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

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