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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their boat drifted downstream, a team member yelled out "Oh my God, it's a dead body...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: First-year Rowers Discover Body | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...troubled. He was still 18 miles from the spot where a satellite tracking system said Isabelle Autissier, 42, his French rival in the Around Alone solo global race, had capsized. "The problem is that these positions aren't precise, and it won't be easy to see Isabelle's boat. Visibility is always poor, and in any case I'll need some luck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Deep End of the Sea | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

Former treasurer of the Kirkland House Committee Sam Yagan '99, admits that allocation of HoCo funds are "based on the whim of the people present at any particular meeting." Inevitably, committees favor certain investments: Kirkland's HoCo subsidizes the Boat Club; Cabot's Weight Room "Czar" Marty Thiry '00, requested $3,000 to refurbish the weight room, and Lowell's HoCo succeeded in extending dining hall hours. Apportioning is also made in the name of the zany and the philanthropic, from Leverett HoCo's $200 kazoo purchase for their Winter Carnival to Kirkland House's support of a dining hall...

Author: By Anna L. Malsberger, | Title: know your ho-co | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

...deny that House spirit exists today. A handful of Houses have done a remarkable job holding onto their existing traditions or creating new ones. Lowell has its opera and masters' tea; Kirkland has "incestfest" and the House boat club; Adams its masquerade and gong (flawed as it is as a symbol of exclusion); and Pforzheimer has revived Quad spirit on the wings of its Pfunny name. But the availability of House-based activities is wildly inconsistent across the Houses, and there certainly isn't any spirit or rivalry in the House system itself. Cabot residents may be very enthusiastic about...

Author: By Andrew S. Chang, | Title: Making a House a Home | 2/24/1999 | See Source »

...aground off the Oregon coast and storm-whipped waves had torn into it, threatening an environmental disaster if all 400,000 gallons of oil within leaked. The daring "controlled burn" was intended to consume 90% of the fuel in 24 hours. The maneuver seemed to work: the burning boat broke in two the next day, but only a fraction of the oil contaminated the beaches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting Mire With Fire | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

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