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Clinching the win after sweeping the first four singles matches, Princeton coasted to a 7-2 victory over the Crimson. The Tigers boast an impressive 13-2 record for the year, and hold an impeccable 4-0 Ivy record, the first time since...

Author: By Jennie L. Sullivan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Tennis Splits on the Weekend | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

Helfrich, however, insists he's showing off these photographs not to boast but to document the era of free love. "At first glance you might think it's bragging, but if you read any of the text, you realize it's not." Text, for example, such as "It made her happy to give me pleasure. It made her ecstatic to pleasure me outdoors." And "I remember screwing in the ladies room at a Stuckey's." But Helfrich insists he took--and kept--these pictures not to document conquests but because of his love for photography. Says he: "I've taken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Photography: All My Exes Live in Print | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

...filled out the census short form, and--though I don't want to boast--I finished it in 3 min. flat. The reduction-in-paperwork instructions said it would take 10 min. for an average person to complete. How did the Census Bureau calculate its estimate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ask Dr. Notebook | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

...would join the Hasty Pudding Club because of its connections to the Hasty Pudding Show," he tells FM, after long contemplation. "In retrospect, my participation with the Hasty Pudding Theatricals was clearly the most important non-academic activity in my Harvard experience." Although the club and the theatricals boast a good working relationship, their ties are tenuous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Pudding is Dead...long live the pudding? | 4/6/2000 | See Source »

Napster, the most popular of these software clients, has been downloaded more than 5 million times, causing its parent company's CEO, Eileen Richardson, to boast, "We're the fastest-growing company in the history of the Web." Gnutella, an open-source variant of Napster created by ex-hacker and current AOL employee Justin Frankel, 21, caused a buzz last week when AOL scurried to pull the software, calling it "an unauthorized free-lance project." AOL is planning to merge with Time Warner, a major player in the music industry. But by the time AOL yanked Gnutella, enough copies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Free Juke Box | 3/27/2000 | See Source »

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