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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Foundation's Annual Conference for the Advancement of Women and Minorities in the Sciences, held each March, matches area middle- and high-school students with Harvard undergraduate mentors. Each spring, the annual Multicultural Film Festival features cinematic works co-sponsored with various student organizations. ("Burnt by the Sun," sponsored by the Central and Eastern European Club, is being shown tonight at 8 at Currier House.) Speakers ranging from the U.N. Secretary-General to Irish story-tellers have offered unique opportunities for students to interact with personalities they might not otherwise encounter...

Author: By Sewell Chan and Sarita James, S | Title: Beyond Song-and-Dance | 5/1/1998 | See Source »

Here the Coens are ready to try anything: in addition to the masterful character of the film's title, the movie features a band of German nihilists, a burnt-out surfer, a tightwad millionaire, a mysterious femme fatale and an attack ferret...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Coen Brothers' Loopy Lebowski Is Rife With Memorable Characters | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

...Dylan launched into another unidentifiable song from his new album, and the school girl groping fest continued to pick up speed, I looked around at the crowd of aged hippies. To whom do I owe the amusement of this sordid and poignant spectacle, I wondered? On stage, a burnt-out Dylan tried to work the crowd, still trying to squeeze some life out of his legend. In front of me, eight young women performed a historical re-enactment, a little tribute to the hedonistic achievements of the preceding generation...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: Dyin' With Dylan | 1/30/1998 | See Source »

...remaining carbon monoxide is Preferentially Oxidized (burnt) over a catalyst to reduce its concentration to less than...

Author: By Nicholas A. Nash, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fuel Cells: Unleashing the Power of Hydrogen | 12/9/1997 | See Source »

...Cambridge cobbled streets with sufficiently pneumatic tires may wonder. The retro-bike is a genre of used bike which is turning up with alarming frequency on campus. The most common strain--sorry, retro-bikers, it is becoming common--is the Raleigh frame in a rust-eaten variant of burnt umber, olive, electric blue or the ever-present black. The metallic frame comes over both the front and back wheels half-way and preferably, in the purest strains of retro-bike, has an irregularly shaped casing over the chain. Schwinns are also acceptable models...

Author: By Rachel A. Farbiarz, | Title: The Emergence of the Retro-Bike | 11/20/1997 | See Source »

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