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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...group of seniors were conversing in the dining hall, making plans for how most efficiently to burn textbooks. In the conversation someone mentioned the fact that there were 100 days left until graduation...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff | 3/16/1999 | See Source »

...that even the most efficient gatherer gal doesn't need a little help now and then, especially when she's lactating. Nursing a baby may look pretty effortless, but it can burn up 500 calories a day--the equivalent of running about five miles. Where was the help coming from? Was the female completely dependent on her male significant other, as the prevailing theory has always implied? An alternative possibility lay buried in the mystery of menopause. Nature is no friend of the infertile, and in most primates, the end of childbearing coincides with the end of life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Real Truth About The Female Body | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

...that weren't enough, sophomore forward Tammy Shewchuk has momentum to burn after lighting up Boston College for five goals and four assists to set Harvard and ECAC records for scoring in a single game...

Author: By J. MITCHELL Little, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Hockey Looks Toward Weekend, Playoffs | 3/5/1999 | See Source »

...that weren't enough, sophomore forward Tammy Shewchuk has momentum to burn after lighting up Boston College for five goals and four assists to set Harvard and ECAC records for scoring in a single game...

Author: By J. MITCHELL Little, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Hockey Travels South | 3/5/1999 | See Source »

Trouble indeed begins as soon as I descend into the T. I am stopped by an Ad Board Gestapo Patrol. Wearing masks to preserve their anonymity and sporting "No Escape" tattoos, they chant "none shall pass" and burn a mock-up of my diploma...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: Seeking Asylum at the Harvard of the West | 3/2/1999 | See Source »

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