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...drinking questions will be used to show the administration that there is too much drinking on campus so they have to crack down harder on bringing alcohol into the dorms and parties," council member John I. Nevin '01 wrote on the council's open e-mail list...
Taylor ran her third event of the day, the 100-meter sprint, just 40 minutes later. But she showed no signs of wear and tear. She became the first Crimson woman ever to crack the 12-second mark with a 11.97 run, .07 faster than the school record of Meredith Rainey...
...some people succeed, and some not? The answer may seem obvious. Jim Hightower, the liberal humorist from Texas, used to say that the elder George Bush "was born on third base, and thought he'd hit a triple." A funny crack, but captious. Teddy Roosevelt and his brother Elliott were both born to the same privilege. Sickly Teddy overcame, and gloriously prospered. Elliott, the golden boy (and father of Eleanor), died an alcoholic disgrace in his early thirties...
...problems that were supposed to disappear, or at least not get any worse, after Washingtonians like me caved in to the city's conservative congressional overlords 18 months ago and propelled Barry into a second involuntary retirement. (His first involuntary retirement came in 1990, after he was videotaped smoking crack in a D.C. hotel.) In his place, we elected the city's former chief financial officer, Anthony Williams, a bow tie-wearing technocrat whose main qualification seemed to be that he was not Barry...
...glorious weekend in April, Fifteen Minutes becomes the second tackiest "FM" on campus. A crack team of writers, composers and producers from the class of 2003 have invested the better part of their year in the crafting of the aptly titled Star Crossed Dressers: The Freshman Musical. A better term might be "Freshman Play with Music," as the songs are generally brief and sandwiched between long scenes with little discernible plot; the rare consistencies emerged as Harvardian clich, developed into tired and predictable gags, and ultimately became an annoyance. Yes, dining hall food leaves something to be desired, the social...