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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Well, if religious, one can keep the faith that the departed is able to continue to bask in his glory from the great beyond and content themselves with thoughts like "he would've liked this" and "I'm sure she's looking down...

Author: By Rustin C. Silverstein, | Title: POSTCARD FROM CAMBRIDGE | 6/26/1998 | See Source »

...says Michele Assaf, who choreographs musical comedies and rock videos. But her inexperience turned out to be a blessing. While many directors now treat 19th century opera as an opportunity to stuff unsuspecting audiences full of identity politics (the oppression of Gypsy women under late capitalism, say), Assaf was content to interpret the world's most popular opera as a straightforward tale of love and death. "It's a story, it's music, it's movement," she says with a shrug...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Carmen, the MTV Diva | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

Students can take one or two courses that cover a semester's worth of material, or one intensive course that packs in a year's worth of content...

Author: By Gregory S. Krauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 5,000 Students to Enroll in Summer School | 6/19/1998 | See Source »

...working overtime Monday night, hauling Starr prosecutors, White House counsels and the latest batch of Lewinsky lawyers into her chambers for a stern lecture on why they shouldn't talk to strange reporters. The reason for the reprimand: Growing controversy over Ken Starr's interview with Brill's Content magazine cofounder Steve Brill, in which Starr admitted leaking sensitive information to selected journalists. The Justice Department now says it's "examining" Brill's article. Janet Reno has repeatedly said she won't take any action against Starr unless she hears it from Judge Johnson first. Given last night's lecture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lewinsky Case: Lawyers Get a Spanking | 6/16/1998 | See Source »

...admission that his office leaked information to reporters. "This is a bombshell," senior Clinton advisor Rahm Emmanuel said Sunday of Steve Brill's interview with Starr. Without a trace of irony, Emmanuel added: "There ought to be an investigation." The interview appears in the inaugural issue of Brill's Content magazine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starr Leaks Float White House Boat | 6/15/1998 | See Source »

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