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...spilled into the posh offerings of Boston's finest in dance and sparkle. A head or so taller than most other concertgoers, I had a good view of the scene. But there was not much to see. The crowd was almost entirely female sixteen and under. Two middle-schoolers clung to one another as they sifted through the crowd, proudly sporting matching No Doubt T-shirt and tight black pant outfits. At this moment, a horrible thought crossed my mind. What if No Doubt doesn't play instruments anymore? What if they just sit on stools, wear matching costumes (adorned...

Author: By Christopher R. Blazejewski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Nineties Meet The Teens | 4/14/2000 | See Source »

...heard a vague rumor that you could graduate General Studies," said Saadi Soudavar '00, a concentrator in the honors-only literature department. "I clung to it for hope during the last few weeks before my thesis deadline...

Author: By Matthew F. Quirk, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hope Springs Eternal: General Studies Debunked | 4/6/2000 | See Source »

...disagreement on how legit some of the newly recognized tribes are. At the time of Trump's lawsuit, one lobbyist for Western Indian tribes complained to The New York Times that tribes pursuing recognition in order to build casinos were making a mockery of nations that had legitimately clung to their identities despite centuries of adversity: "The whole question of sovereignty is so sacred," he said. Having a "Winter" parking lot doesn't necessarily mean there's cultural continuity...

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Welcome to the Woods: A Primer | 3/2/2000 | See Source »

...Terriers clung to a narrow 1-0 lead for most of the game as Harvard senior goaltender J.R. Prestifilippo kept the Crimson in the game through the first two periods...

Author: By Timothy Jackson, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: M. Hockey Falls in Beanpot Opener | 2/8/2000 | See Source »

...will say yesterday he wugged. Children are not sponges; they're constantly creating sentences and words, never more clearly or charmingly than when they encounter the second flavor of verb, the quirky irregulars. The past tense of spring is sprang, but the past of cling is not clang but clung, and the past of bring is neither brang nor brung but brought. English has 180 irregulars, a ragtag list that kids simply must memorize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Horton Heared a Who! | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

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