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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...people ever complain about the shape? Do they want triangles like they're used...

Author: By Vicky C. Hallett, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Ballpark Wisdom: Dining Out with Harvard's Fenway Boys | 10/14/1999 | See Source »

More likely, if you complain about there being no social scene on campus, and being too stressed from work (and trust me if you're not there now, the crunch is coming), I guarantee that there's no better palliative then mercilessly raining down "Sieve! Sieve! Sieve!" at the visiting netminder...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The "V" Spot: Hockey Madness Tonight | 10/14/1999 | See Source »

...driving up the Nikkei stock market average some 25% so far this year. The problem is that Japanese corporate profits are also heavily dependent on exports, which can rapidly become too expensive for foreign consumers as the yen appreciates. Indeed, big exporters like Mitsubishi and Bridgestone have begun to complain publicly that Japan's currency is too strong. Sony recently blamed a profit slump on the yen as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Worried About the Dollar | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...Worse than the celebrities who crave public and critical acclaim are the celebrities who whine. If I hear one more ninny complain about feeling "imprisoned," the "corruption" in Hollywood, or their "exhausting publicity schedule," I'll start muting my television every time an interview comes on. If a celebrity is going to whine, let him or her take action. Real action. Because phony, see-through action, you see, is lame. Case #1: Anne Heche and Ellen Degeneres claimed last year that they were "dumping their agents and quitting Hollywood for good." They lasted less than a year. They're back...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Soman's In the [K]now | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

...talking about the financial burden involved in genetically making kids smarter. What about the well-being of a child? Will children suddenly seem as if they are 40 when they are really 14? How about the mental stress that so many of today's geniuses complain of? Are we solving a problem for our children (was there one in the first place?), or are we only creating problems tenfold? EMIL VON MALTITZ, AGE 19 Buckhorn, Canada...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 4, 1999 | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

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