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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Joel G. Maxwell '03 wore a slinky black cocktail dress to the meeting accessorized with a feathered white boa, which was wrapped about his neck. He drew bursts of laughter from the council when he announced he was dressed as council Vice President Kamil E. Redmond...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Dresses Up Routine Meeting | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...this policy becomes even more disturbing when you think how far it could be pushed. This same policy was probably used 50 years ago by people who didn't want a black roommate. This same policy could be used for the benefit of anti-Semites, anti-Asians, anti-Catholics. With slight tweaking, any bigot can get roommates of the ethnic background, religious beliefs or sexual orientation of his or her choice...

Author: By Christina S. Lewis, | Title: Harvard--Our Big Brother? | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...second year, the museum was festooned with cobwebs, skeletons and orange and black streamers, attracting over 300 people to the Halloween festivities...

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala and Imtiyaz H. Delawala, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: New Cobwebs Deck Old Museum | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...theaters was something different. The film's primary backer is Crouch's father Paul, CEO and star (with his bounteously bouffanted wife Jan) of the Trinity Broadcasting Network. TBN is actually not a "little Christian channel" but a giant in the sometimes overlooked field of televangelism. Showcasing preachers both black and white, it claims to reach 84 million homes and takes in some $80 million a year in contributions, primarily from 1.5 million "partners" who give annually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Born-Again Box Office | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...roots of De la Rocha's rage are in his hometown of Irvine, Calif. He went to a mostly white high school where, as a Chicano, he seethed at racist comments about "wetbacks" made by students and teachers alike. At age 17, he saw a show by the black punk group Bad Brains, and it was "a personal revolution." De la Rocha, Morello, drummer Brad Wilk and bassist Tim Commerford formed Rage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Revolutionary Rock | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

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