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...least, thought the relationship had ended. (Her friends say she denies they had broken up.) Solomon had become increasingly disinterested in school, and the day before the shootings, he got in a fiery argument with two classmates during fourth-period study hall; it ended when Solomon said he would "blow up this classroom." That same day, T.J. told a buddy he had no reason to live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just A Routine School Shooting | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

...years -- in 2002, they'll be in the 1970s, and in another decade or two they'll be where the U.S. is today. He's got a worst-case scenario, too: "The Chinese put a nuclear missile in a freighter, sail it up the Potomac, and blow it up. Who's going to care whether it was a big warhead or a miniaturized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What If We Declared Cold War Two and Nobody Came? | 5/27/1999 | See Source »

...without even attending Harvard--but destiny awaited me elsewhere.) A quote from a student in a class I shopped that made it clear I couldn't take the course: "In this scene, Blanche Dubois is the Uberfemme. She is a stereotype of herself, creating her own moral universe." Blow-by-blow reenactments of romantic encounters between friends, delivered directly to my inbox-most of which are quite hysterical in retrospect (but don't tell them that until the 25th reunion; they won't take it well). A mention of my first 5 a.m. fire drill, when I suddenly learned that...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: The Final Exam | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

...blow up a Death Star twice, but you better have a good reason. The first Star Wars trilogy, uneven as it might be, at least developed a story that grew and widened with each sequel. When Darth Vader bent to pick up the Emperor, taking a posture unprecedented in the previous movies, the meaningfulness of that moment rested on Vader's character development, which had been unfurled and complicated over the length of three feature films. It is this sort of meaningfulness that Star Wars: Episode I lacks. Instead of real character development, it relies on name recognition. At every...

Author: By By BEN E. lytal, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Force Has Left Us | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

...tough loss, the Crimson took a slight blow to its confidence with a loss to regional rival Boston University last week...

Author: By Jennifer L. Sullivan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Tennis Faces Fresno St. in NCAA Opener | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

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