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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Voters say one issue that could give the edgeto Cellucci is the strong economy, with satisfiedvoters content to let the status quo stand...

Author: By M. DOUGLAS Omalley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cellucci, Harshbarger Enter Final Stretch | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

...much later than that, the Crimson began to play softer against the pass, obviously content to trade yards for time...

Author: By Bryan Lee, | Title: Harvard 'D' Looks Like Old Self | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

Wolfe was a baseball pitcher for his team at Washington and Lee University and says if he had been good enough to reach the major leagues, he would probably never have become a writer. But except for squash, he has been content to remain a spectator of sports ever since. "I never played golf or tennis, and the money I didn't waste on those pursuits I wasted on clothes." He says he owns "30 or 40 suits, I guess" and rewards himself for a good day's work by visiting his tailor to discuss new possibilities. "When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tom Wolfe: A Man In Full | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

While the reactions of the audience, composedof undergraduates, Kennedy School of Governmentstudents and community members differed over thespeech's content, most agreed that it was"well-delivered" and "powerful...

Author: By Robert K. Silverman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Whitman Improvises Inflammatory Speech | 10/30/1998 | See Source »

...want the same end result: to generate good, useful content for the academic programs at Harvard," she said. "We would wind up competing for funds and personnel when a lot more could be accomplished together...

Author: By Georgia N. Alexakis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hitting the Superhighway | 10/29/1998 | See Source »

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