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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...like she did on the issue of clemency for 16 Puerto Rican separatists in September. She will have to put forth her own education plans, instead of merely criticizing Republican tax cuts. And instead of straddling the fence as she did last October, she will have to decide for certain whether she roots for the Mets or the Yankees...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: And She's Off | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

...become far more legitimate in the eyes of the administration over the past year. They've taken chances on us with certain initiatives, and we've come through and haven't dropped the ball," says Rollert, the chair of the council's Student Activities Committee...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Politics Proves Seton-Redmond Undoing | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

...bottom of a term bill already in the tens of thousands of dollars. Over the years we've dropped most of the "a la carte" items of a Harvard education and other differences among student term bills (there used to be a lot of special charges for taking certain courses, for example). We've actually eliminated several small charges over the past five years by folding them into the general costs of going to college here. It seems petty and annoying to see this one charge still broken out; the person paying it (typically a parent) might reasonably...

Author: By Harry R. Lewis, | Title: Raise the Council Fee | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

...number one priority. A bit more than a year ago the financial aid budget was increased by $9 million per year, including not just the new students but all currently enrolled financial aid students as well; though there were other worthy student needs to be considered, I am certain this was the right way to spend this large sum of money. This allocation supports the basic financial balance: Harvard provides the core education, curricular and extracurricular; Harvard also provides a generous and uniform level of financial aid support, based solely on financial need but enabling different students to direct their...

Author: By Harry R. Lewis, | Title: Raise the Council Fee | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

Even without news leaks, wild conspiracy theories flourished in Cairo. Many Egyptians are certain Washington is engaged in a vast cover-up to protect itself and libel their nation. More likely, they say, an American missile mistakenly blew up the plane or maybe there were lethal laser emissions--and the pilot was roller-coastering to dodge them. Or an insane hijacker masterminded the crash to damage Egypt's reputation. Or it was a Mossad plot to kill the 33 military officers aboard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Prayer Before Dying | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

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