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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This seems an unsatisfactory pairing ofopposites; surely it is not enough to save poetryfrom the theorists if one immediately turns itover to the greeting-card industry. Koch'saversion to the New Critical attitude that thelinguistic surfaces of poems necessarily mask a"hidden meaning" is well-founded--and there is noreason to think that Koch himself would sell theMuses to Hallmark if given the chance--but iftaken too far in the direction Koch's attitudesuggests, it jeopardizes any continuingintellectual interest in poetry at all.Meaning, too, has its claims...

Author: By Brian N. Phillips, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Poet Koch Enjoys 'Unnoticed Popularity' | 10/9/1998 | See Source »

...smart card to play. Rather thanappear subsumed by Harvard, Radcliffe can convinceits alumnae that the two parties are partners...

Author: By Andrew K. Mandel, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Radcliffe Tour Shares, Learns Little in D.C. | 10/9/1998 | See Source »

...Simply show up at the office of your senior tutor or freshman dean, fill out some withdrawal petitions, a cancellation of housing form and some other random sheets of paper that will allow Harvard to keep tabs on you while they can't track your every move via ID card. These all come before the Ad Board, who will hem and haw about whether to let you, a legal adult, definitely above the compulsory schooling age, withdraw from school. Strangely enough, they'll decide it's okay. According to Bonnie Blanchard, the assistant to the senior tutor in Dunster House...

Author: By Micaela K. Root, | Title: Why to drop out of school | 10/8/1998 | See Source »

Unlike Penn Coach Patrick Baker, who earned a yellow card last Saturday for asking the referee if he was blind and dumb, Wheaton has not been issued a card this year. He has, however, made some choice comments to officials...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, | Title: Fire Engines, Disco and Camptown Races | 10/7/1998 | See Source »

...better than the refs do. In the Yale match, the referee took a direct kick away from Harvard after Stauffer faked a touch on the ball. The ball was never played by the Crimson, thus possession should not have changed, but the referee could have issued Stauffer a yellow card...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, | Title: Fire Engines, Disco and Camptown Races | 10/7/1998 | See Source »

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