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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This ballet of innocent young love and cruel betrayal was created by the Parisian poet Gautier in 1841. He was inspired by a story written by German poet Heinrich Heine describing the legend of the wilis--betrothed maidens who died before their wedding day because their hearts had been broken. Exacting revenge for their unrequited love, the spirits of these young maidens would rise from their graves at midnight and force any man they met to dance to his death...

Author: By Christiana Briggs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World in Boston Ballet's `Giselle' | 10/9/1998 | See Source »

...Eliot residents were affected. Thenetwork is broken into "sub-nets," smaller,isolated sections, and only those users on thesame sub-net as the hacker had their securitycompromised...

Author: By Robert K. Silverman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Internet Hacker Breaks Into Eliot House Network | 10/7/1998 | See Source »

...college is during the dreaded blocking time for first-years in which they scramble to pare down their 30 friends into a legitimate 16-person blocking group. I doubt that this college has ever seen the month of March pass by in the Yard without hurt feelings and irrevocably broken friendships. Yet after this time, few upperclassmen think about how groups are made or even how they might define themselves within the context of a larger group. When asked the question, "How do you identify yourself and your friends," most of the people that I know answer with a vague...

Author: By Kamil E. Redmond, | Title: Finding Your Niche | 10/6/1998 | See Source »

What she said was what they knew: if the broken ocean food chain were to mend itself, New England fishermen would have to hammer out fairer catch limits, along with rules for gear type and boat size and number. If they couldn't handle this, Gloucester might be finished, except as a picturesque site for second-home condos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Niaz Dorry: To Oppose Overfishing, a Protester Tries Persuasion | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

...time, a whole new generation of talent had broken into Gershwin's gold mine and was digging away merrily for songs like Stardust, Stormy Weather and Dancing in the Dark. Even established writers like Jerome Kern and Vincent Youmans began to swing a little with Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man and Time on My Hands, respectively. But no matter what anyone else did, Gershwin seemed to stay at least two moves ahead, causing Youmans reportedly to mutter "so the son of a bitch thought of it" every time Gershwin struck again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Setting the Standards | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

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