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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...almost year later, the Race Czar has faced a fiery trial which has included a coalition of minority student groups who dubbed Harvard "the Peculiar Institution," a Boston Globe profile which called him "the water carrier" of the administration, and bureaucratic infighting in his own backyard...

Author: By John Tessitore, | Title: Epps Pushes for Reform | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

This troubled reputation has even penetrated into Harvard's backyard, elite preparatory schools, which have extensive affirmative action programs. Bad experiences at such schools, often perceived to be microcosms of Harvard, often prevent some of the best educated Black students from applying to Harvard, some students...

Author: By Melissa Lee, | Title: RECRUITING WARS | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

Back-to-natives gardening doesn't require a lush suburban spread; tiny Edens can sprout within the biggest cities. Ten years ago, video producer Jack Schmidling began constructing a woodland, a prairie and a wetland in the small backyard of his Chicago bungalow. Now his miniature ecosystems attract a wealth of winged wildlife, from birds to butterflies. While Schmidling is delighted, some of his neighbors are not. Although the enclave is concealed behind a high fence, they have reported him to the city, charging that his secret garden is an overgrown mess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gardening Nature's Way | 5/17/1993 | See Source »

...reticence is a departure, given the open life she lived for a decade in the Governor's mansion in Little Rock. She drove her own Oldsmobile, waited in line at the movies, entertained in the kitchen and had the church choir over for picnics in the backyard. She purposely sent the household staff off on weekends so she could go to the grocery store on Saturday mornings. In a state where Gloria Steinem was considered by some a communist, Hillary started out being regarded as a stuck-up feminist from Wellesley and Yale who wouldn't change her name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At The Center Of POWER | 5/10/1993 | See Source »

...late start to the evening gave roughly 350 of Harvard's would-be funksters ample time to gather in the Dunster courtyard for what at times looked like an impromptu high school backyard party. At 9:30, the doors to the Dunster dining hall opened, and most audience members got their hands marked with the letter "F". An anonymous sources close to the Missionary Monk Messiah revealed to this reviewer that the "F" stood for "Funk...

Author: By James B. Loeffler, | Title: FUNK | 4/29/1993 | See Source »

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