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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sure is that the ice cream is melted, the tent is up in Tercentenary Theater and Joltin' Joe has left and gone away. Welcome to the Big Leagues...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: END OF THE LINE | 10/6/1999 | See Source »

...Stanford is an up and coming team," LaSovage said. "It was a big win for us. Our defense stepped up and held under a lot of pressure. It gave us a lot of confidence...

Author: By Meredith M. Bagley, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Field Hockey Improves and Impresses | 10/6/1999 | See Source »

Harvard won its fourth straight by putting a Halloween fright in Dartmouth (2-8, 1-6) at Hanover, N.H., 20-7. Harvard's defense dominated, holding the Big Green to 225 yards, only 50 on the ground. The Crimson racked up seven sacks and three takeaways...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FOOTBALL FINISHES DISAPPOINTING 4-6 | 10/6/1999 | See Source »

...Microsoft-wary TIME Digital editor Josh Quittner doesn?t see any need to panic over Gates?s latest move. "It?s hardly unusual that the private sector and a big university are teaming up to create new technology," he says. And don?t worry about absent-minded academics being hoodwinked by Gates and his gang. "MIT is filled with bright people," says Quittner, "who can weigh the risks versus the benefits of this deal better than anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill Gates Heads Back to School | 10/5/1999 | See Source »

...ways to let states use federal education dollars more freely, including passing them along to parents in the form of vouchers for private or charter schools. But in exchange, Bush demanded mandatory state testing from grades three to eight and participation in standardized national math and science tests - a big footprint of federal interference that orthodox Republicans abhor. Bush, however, figures that a bit of Big Brother can be useful, and he figures parents, who tend to put their kids? futures ahead of slash-and-burn ideology, feel the same way. To win, Bush?d have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: By George! Bush Gets Smart on Education | 10/5/1999 | See Source »

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