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Harvard concludes its Ancient Eight schedule Wednesday at Dartmouth in an attempt to cap a perfect league season. The game doesn't matter standings-wise, because all the other Ivy teams have at least two losses...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Tennis Clinches Ivy, NCAA Berth | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...STAFFER APPROACHES AND GREETS US: "HEY BOYS, MY NAME'S BOOGIE." WE check out Boogie. He's large black man with a black stocking cap. Two young women stand at his side. "And these," he continues, "are my friends Tatyana and Delia." We check out Tatyana and Delia. One looks like Tootie from "The Facts of Life," the other, Jackee from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOUR5 *** 7:00 A.M. | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

...would stack the deck against people who have legitimate claims. According to the proposed rules, a company that makes "reasonable efforts" to fix a defect could get out of paying for the harm it causes--no matter how serious the mistake or the injuries that result. And it would cap punitive damages at as little as $250,000, no matter how culpable the company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Y2K Bug Goes to Court | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...Vasant M. Kamath's "Putting a Cap on Campaign Finance" (Op-ed, April...

Author: By Wayne Hsiung, | Title: McCain-Feingold Won't Solve Campaign Finance Problems | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

First, the article's title is fallacious. None of the outstanding legislation, McCain-Feingold, Shays-Meehan or otherwise, puts a "cap" on campaign finance. For independently wealthy candidates or prodigal fundraisers with name-recognition, the sky will remain the limit. If all legislation does is limit contributions and make it difficult for less wealthy and less well-known individuals to raise funds, are we setting ourselves up for a plutocracy or, even worse to some, perpetual incumbency...

Author: By Wayne Hsiung, | Title: McCain-Feingold Won't Solve Campaign Finance Problems | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

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