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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Rowling found herself in the classic single-mother trap. She could not afford child care, so she could not go to work, and when she tried to put Jessica in state-funded care, she was told she was "coping too well." For almost a year, until she found teaching work, Rowling lived off public assistance. Every day, to escape her damp, unheated flat, she'd take the baby to the nearest cafe and write away, nursing a cup of coffee. In 1995, after she found an agent in a writers' directory, a British publisher offered her a tiny advance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Wizard of Hogwarts | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

...greatest challenges come from foreign countries where trademark laws are different fromaand often less rigorously enforcedathan in the United States. Regardless of the worldwide fame of the name, in some countries the first company to register >=Harvard=there is that kind of feel, just like traditional, classic.=Marks & Spencer is allowed to sell men s toiletries bearing the Harvard mark only in Marks & Spencer stores and only outside the U.S., Canada and Mexico,=It wasn t an agreement that we had a choice over,=cease and desist=noxious=Our attorneys proved to them that we weren t using the trademark...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, | Title: Harvard: Administration Watch-Dogs Keep Use of Harvard Name Under Control | 4/8/1999 | See Source »

...women's team ran in the unscored Bayou Classic Mar. 27 against host Rice, Illinois, Minnesota and many independent runners...

Author: By Bryan Lee, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Track Moves Outdoors | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

...ironic twist, the biggest disappointment of the trip, the 4-3 loss to Boise State in the quarterfinals of the Gaucho Classic, may have made the road defeat of Pepperdine possible. The Crimson had handled Boise State easily the week before, but the weather proved to be a significant equalizer. The skies were blue, but the wind was screaming, and the Crimson was not prepared...

Author: By Keith S. Greenawalt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No. 16 M. Tennis Breaks Pepperdine Jinx | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

...Didn't CELINE DION realize that a modern accessory like the pimp hat doesn't really work with the classic double-breasted, white-silk suit worn backward? 5 Could this pleasant-looking woman be the same FERNANDA MONTENEGRO who two days after the Academy Awards said Gwyneth Paltrow bagged her Oscar only because she is "thin, pure and virginal" and Life Is Beautiful "didn't deserve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We Want to Know... | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

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