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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...while today's world may be discarding Brahmin images of Harvard, it is certainly building new ones. Often these visions are quite positive. The other day I went over to Lens Crafters to get some contact lenses. While the optician was checking my eyes with his little white light, he asked where I went to school. When I told him I went to Harvard, I immediately sensed a reaction but was surprised by what he actually said. Instead of hearing the typical "That place is expensive huh?" or the even more creative "You must be smart!" I saw his eyes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arrogance Mars Fair Harvard | 3/9/1996 | See Source »

Dudayev: The war could be ended by just a stroke of the pen--without any preconditions or without setting any unattainable objectives by either party. Yeltsin can sign a decree for his side and I for mine. It does not even require direct contact between Yeltsin and me. Yeltsin may not be keen on meeting with me, but I can assure you I don't have any overwhelming desire to set eyes on him either. Still, I feel there are competing forces around Yeltsin that just won't let him meet with me. We've got to give up petty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERMS OF WAR AND PEACE: CHECHEN LEADER JOKHAR DUDAYEV | 3/4/1996 | See Source »

While these may be small inconsistencies, they nonetheless obstruct reality from our parents. Though I am uncertain how to solve these problems, I would hope that students are in constant contact with their parents to share moments that are not so pretty as those which will be painted this weekend, so that parents can get a full view of what happens at Harvard and can think long and hard, weighing more than a breath-taking speech from a professor and a really good croissant from the master's tea, before putting those bills in the collection...

Author: By Nancy RAINE Reyes, | Title: Snazzy Teas and Bow Ties | 3/2/1996 | See Source »

Smith says he suggested that Dor- Dorsainvil attempt to generate publicity and contact Harvard faculty members familiar with the region as well as campus organizations such as the Harvard-Radcliffe Haitian Alliance and Fuerza Quisqueyana, the Dominican Students' Organization...

Author: By Kathryn R. Markham, | Title: Haitian Politics Hit Too Close to Home for Junior | 2/28/1996 | See Source »

...Professor of Physics Melissa Franklin says she may actually have more contact with her female students than her male students...

Author: By A. MAGGIE Pisacane, | Title: Women Battle Biased Attitudes | 2/28/1996 | See Source »

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