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...Prefects] were a good thing, but they were living in [other] houses. Perhaps if we had a junior or senior living there, things would have been different. I would have been more inclined to go and whine and complain," he says...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade and Adam S. Hickey, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: A Proctor's Role Is Not Always Clear-Cut | 9/8/1997 | See Source »

...Builds character," Mom would advise me when I pouted about being "the reject in school who doesn't have a TV." I didn't complain much. "You knew it wouldn't get you anywhere, and increasingly, it became a mark of pride," she recalls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION WAS NEVER IN THE FAMILY | 9/8/1997 | See Source »

...quite believe their old life is gone. Others refuse to budge until the government compensates them for their losses. Montserrat officials asked the British government to pay evacuees $14,800 for each head of household, $11,111 for each additional adult and $7,407 for each child, but islanders complain that even this is not enough to make a fresh start in a foreign land. Many are getting bills for mortgages on homes that no longer exist, and their debts are mounting. "What are we supposed to do?" said an irate policeman. "Leave here and go on the dole?" Last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNDER THE VOLCANO | 9/1/1997 | See Source »

...appointed by Congress two years ago to get the city's finances in order and is headed by economist Andrew Brimmer. Only relatively minor agencies (including tourism and parks and recreation) remain under Barry's purview. Asked at a press conference what residents should do if they want to complain about potholes, Barry replied bitterly, "Call Dr. Brimmer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTER ON THE POTOMAC: HOW NOT TO RUN A CITY | 8/18/1997 | See Source »

...Organizers of the New York conference, a group called Beyond Hope (Hackers on Planet Earth) complain the public has a warped view of hackers. They stress most conference participants worm their way into computer systems to learn how they work so they can make them better, more secure. Beyond HOPE complains that a small number of renegades have ruined the image of the rest of them by doing things like taking down phone systems and swiping credit card numbers. Who could imagine these petty offenses would give the whole group such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hackers on Holiday | 8/11/1997 | See Source »

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