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...Crimson's sports department are Harvard's biggest fans. We always want the Crimson to put the biscuit in the basket, go yard and chalk up another 'W.' But it didn't always work out that way, and then it was our job to say that Harvard had messed...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, | Title: Notorious G.I.Z. | 10/6/1999 | See Source »

...phalanx of security men waiting outside don't trample the petunias. For Susan McCarron, seated left, the Glasgow housewife tapped to entertain the Queen last week, the encounter went off without a hitch. Though the Queen declined to shed her coat and hat and politely refused a chocolate biscuit, McCarron pronounced the monarch "easy to talk to" and "very nice." The painstakingly staged 15-minute visit, a first for the Queen, was part of the royal family's ongoing effort to exhibit a common touch. After her refreshment, Her Highness witnessed a nearby soccer "display." No word on whether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 19, 1999 | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

...Crimson's sports department are Harvard's biggest fans. We always want the Crimson to put the biscuit in the basket, go yard and chalk up another 'W.' But it didn't always work out that way, and then it was our job to say that Harvard had messed...

Author: By Notorious G.i.z., EDUARDO PEREZ-GIZ | Title: Life After Death | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

...only mention of food in relation to Melville's Starbuck pertains to his flesh as hard as twice-baked biscuit and live blood that would not spoil like bottled ale. Starbucks Coffee, however, provides neither ale nor twice-baked biscuits. The name has lost all tinge of its literary flavor, evoking instead a mega-chain flavor--a status achieved thanks to our contribution of big bucks...

Author: By V.p. Demenil, | Title: Rising Star: A Brand Name History | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

...only mention of food in relation to Melville's Starbuck pertains to his flesh as hard as twice-baked biscuit and live blood that would not spoil like bottled ale. Starbucks Coffee, however, provides neither ale nor twice-baked biscuits. The name has lost all tinge of its literary flavor, evoking instead a mega-chain flavor--a status achieved thanks to our contribution of big bucks...

Author: By V. P. Demenil, | Title: RISING STAR | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

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