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...know Berke, we feminists just can't take a joke. Can't laugh at ourselves. Just make a little crack and we get all huffy. Can't tease us for refusing your opened door, or insisting on splitting the check. A man's got to watch everything he says these days when one of those women is around...
...what were once popular entertainments, steeped in a popular idiom, is at odds with the spirit of the composer he professes to serve. And in recasting the sound of the orchestra in line with today's international ideal -- brighter, crisper, sharper -- he has rendered it almost interchangeable with other crack ensembles, such as the Chicago Symphony and the London Symphony...
...agreed to pay a record $4.75 million civil penalty for failing to report cash deposits or transfers, each worth $10,000 or more, between 1980 and 1985. The Treasury has imposed similar penalties on twelve other banks in the past eleven months as part of an effort to crack down on money laundering--the diversion of cash earned in illegal activities into legitimate channels. The Government, however, did not accuse Bank of America of dealing with organized crime...
DRINKING: Harvard's crack-down on under-21 drinking motivated the Council to ask for several changes in College policy, including the establishment of a special social fund for house parties. But one representative recently commented "We've gotten nothing we've wanted," from the administration. Council members say they'll be trying again this semester...
...Harvard women's basketball squad used to consider itself lucky if it broke even--but this year the Crimson is fighting for first place and a crack at the Ivy League Championship...