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Depending on the locale, these affairs can range from sumptuous to spartan. At some senior bars, I've been offered more free drinks than I could possibly consume over a semester; on Wednesday night's sparsely attended gathering at the Bow, not only did I have to shell out change for Lilliputian-sized packets of potato chips, but my roommates and I discovered that the gaming policy was strictly BYOD (bring your own darts). Who walks around Cambridge with his or her own case of steel-tipped darts? Not anyone I would want to meet at Senior...

Author: By Joshua Derman, | Title: What I Saw at the Senior Bar | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...This is all to say that such behavior is intolerable," noted John L. Lester '99, concluding a recent speech at the Bow and Arrow Pub. "My new job, as an overpaid yet under-worked capitalist, allows me to transport my ass to far-away destinations at my whim...

Author: By T.j. Kelleher, | Title: Four Dollars and Change | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

...news about the Kosovo situation. And in fact, using the guidelines of the Kevin Bacon game, whereby any actor can be traced to Kevin in six steps, a lot of the bad stuff that has happened to America, or anywhere, can be traced to our bow-tied friend. Then again, he can even be traced back to Kev himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Six Degrees of Kenneth Bacon | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

...Basie. We recorded an album with Joe and Basie, and then we were touring together, usually accompanied by jazz greats such as Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington and Ella Fitzgerald. It was during these tours that we became family. I remember generous, gracious Joe Williams would teach us how to bow collectively at the end of the evening. We didn't know what we were doing, but with him choreographing we were precise, orderly, beautiful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eulogy: Joe Williams | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

...cloning works only to a point. Clinton won voters' hearts with his poll-tested, microbrewed policies, but it can be jarring--or laughable--to see someone with a reputation for deep thought on arms control and the environment elbow aside Cabinet Secretaries to take a bow for improving concrete pavements, increasing lost-luggage compensation and offering a three-digit phone number for traffic-jam updates. Still, when voters sweep up all the crumbs, a Gore associate predicts, "they'll add up to something more thematic, something bigger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000 Behind The Scenes: Stuck In The Starting Gate? | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

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