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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Instead, we could take a little bit out of that multi-billion dollar nest egg and donate what we could call the Crimson Cup. We'd make it big and shiny. Inscribe on it the names of our undergraduate Houses. Smack that Veritas shield right on it's face. Then put it up for grabs...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, | Title: A Shot in the Arm for Harvard Sports | 9/29/1999 | See Source »

...particularly remember hearing a conservatives council member call himself and his colleagues on the Republican Club minorities during a discussion of faculty diversity. Disregarding the discussion about the lack of female and minority tenured professors, he claimed that the "real minorities" were conservatives and any attempt to increase faculty diversity should focus on increasing conservative faculty members...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 9/29/1999 | See Source »

...deal firmly with the rebels the centerpiece of his campaign for next year's presidential election. "The Kremlin is certainly using this crisis to paint the not-very-striking Putin to look like presidential material," says Quinn-Judge. The former KGB officer on Monday firmly rejected a call by Chechnya's President Aslan Maskhadov for political dialogue with Moscow, instead moving armor to the border. But despite their anger at the bombings, Russian voters may balk at another bruising infantry campaign in Chechnya. And, of course, the Chechens may not allow Moscow the luxury of making war from a distance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tiptoeing to War in Chechnya | 9/28/1999 | See Source »

When young entrepreneurs have their phones working, they can call Terri Spears, who'll hire someone to answer them. A 31-year-old former human-resources director for a San Francisco bank, she founded AskHR.com 18 months ago. She and her five employees handle only midsize e-commerce companies. She provides a bureaucracy that will keep their free spirits happy but out of litigation. "A lot of them are very naive when we meet with them," she says. "I tell them, 'You're going to need workers' compensation.'" Then she explains to them what that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Virtual Assistants: Quick, Get Me a Desk! | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...telemarketers are talking up computer hackers and Y2K glitches. Some claim consumer-protection laws have changed, and others pose as credit-card employees who need to "activate" new protection features on your card. Don't give out personal information unless you initiated the contact. To file a complaint, call 877-FTC-HELP...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Sep. 27, 1999 | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

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