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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...April, 1,500 students block entrances to Mass. Hall after the Corporation decides against divestment in South Africa...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard and South Africa | 9/18/1998 | See Source »

...been around the block a few times but can still relate to 20-year-old kids in a really genuine way," added Green, who attended many a Red Sox game with Sorrento while at Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: After 31 Years, Sorrento Supervises Last Closeout at The Crime | 9/18/1998 | See Source »

...really to believe it when others in the same party block tobacco legislation because they feel it would create a black market in cigarettes? Or are they really concerned about a big source of campaign funds suddenly drying up? What about the lies that are told when a vote on campaign finance legislation comes around? Are they really concerned about the First Amendment, or are they concerned about losing their comparative advantage over the Democrats in fundraising...

Author: By Michael Omary, | Title: Public Lies, Private Lives | 9/16/1998 | See Source »

...bulletproof glass but no more than 20 yards away. I can put my ear to the wall and try to listen for what song he is singing to put his children to sleep, and if I am tired of walking I can get on a bus a half-block away on a major street...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, | Title: Living With the Terrorist Threat | 9/15/1998 | See Source »

...there any way the White House can block release? Clinton attorney Charles Ruff has supposedly set up lines of communication with committee chair Henry Hyde; if they fail, aides expect that Democrats will threaten the end of bipartisan cooperation. Not that the word "bipartisan" has much currency anymore in a House where each member seems to have his own solution to the crisis. In the end, perhaps the only thing that will keep the GOP from letting the tapes be broadcast is the fear of public backlash. After all, Clinton always comes back strongest when he is most under fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tale of the Videotape | 9/15/1998 | See Source »

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