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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...buzz has it that universal key card access for Quincy is in the works. What they tell you: "This way, when you're studying with your friends in Quincy, you don't have to call on the outdoor phone to be let in." What they really mean: "With your new, improved, universal slidey card, avoid all the embarassment of waiting outside for a late-night rendezvous with your Quincy House hookup pal." Too bad they don't offer the access to Wellesley students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: groovy train | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

...Nationals tournament, Gilchrist was on par with the best in the miniature golfing world. "The regulars are always there," Gilchrist remembers. "Tom Dixon, the best miniature golfer in the world, as he likes to call himself, shows up every year in his 18-wheeler, as do Tommy Thelin, the Swedish Miniature Golf Champ, Elmer Lawson, the man who decided to get married at the sixth hole of this particular course in 1997, as well as the group of middle-aged preppies, one of who, in response to compliment from me last year, stuck his nose up and said...

Author: By Dierdre A. Mask, | Title: HAPPY GILCHRIST | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

...store. Have you seen this man? I asked the clerk, flashing my picture. He hadn't, but he did have a phone book, so I jotted down all the health food store phone numbers in the area and made my way to a pay phone. After a third unsuccessful call, I remembered the number my mother had given me. I dialed and explained my situation. The woman on the other end told me that she'd last seen Mark a month before. He'd told her that he was going to live with his brother in Greenwich and had borrowed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN? | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

...Saturdays and Sundays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. A three-hour session, including equipment rental and 200 paintballs, costs $39 plus tax per person for adults. Extra paintballs, jumpsuits and chest protectors (for women) cost extra. Group discounts are available for groups with more than 30 people. Call 617 742-6612 for more information...

Author: By Evelyn H. Sung, | Title: RAINBOW WARRIOR | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

TOKYO: At Alcoholics Anonymous, they call this bottoming out. On a single day, Japan's three biggest brokerage houses stood up and recounted the financial nightmare of the past six months. The numbers are staggering -- the biggest firm, Nomura Securities, lost $1.76 billion and plans to lay off a fifth of its employees -- and of course it can always get worse. But optimists hope that a painful lesson has been learned. This might be where the healing starts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Name Is Nomura S. | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

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