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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While hard-core advocates of marijuana legalization confronted Boston city officials, most youngsters at the festival were content to enjoy themselves, attending a free concert and, yes, smoking...

Author: By Jung K. Kim, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Friends of Cannabis Rally for Legalization | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

...first two contests against Pennsylvania and Boston College, Harvard was lured into a game of long balls, abandoning its basic principles and the strength of its short game. Both the midfield and the backs were content to loft balls into the offensive zone, forcing the frontrunners to be caught in a continuous, futile sprint for the ball...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Soccer Nabs First Season Win | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

...Shlemiel the First" is in fact meant to be novelty, and little else. Wives battle their husbands; men cross-dress; pickles and common Yiddish expressions are tossed around as stage gags. The trite phrases and cliched idioms that dominate prove poor substitutes for content. The company is forced to play out their roles with over-enthusiastic and sometimes spastic fervency...

Author: By Luke Z. Fenchel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Clarinets Captivate but No Surprises From Silly Shlemiel | 9/19/1997 | See Source »

Some of the most talked-about news on campus last year was the reform of the Core program, but you wouldn't know it to look at the Core section of this year's course catalog, which has changed little in either size or content...

Author: By Peggy S. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Core at Eight-Year Low | 9/18/1997 | See Source »

...liberal for a GOP ticket, and too prominently Republican to cross the aisle. Barrett sees Weld "striking out into some genteel private-sector post ? like a university presidency." Weld is still young, and he's got his wealth. Having started his fire in Helms's living room, Weld seems content to head back home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MONDAY: All's Weld That Ends Weld | 9/15/1997 | See Source »

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