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Students frequently single out the Coop as the culprit, the Coop says change needs to come from professors, but professors lack a financial incentive to control the costs of books for their courses...

Author: By Michael L. Shenkman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Budgeting 101 | 12/1/1998 | See Source »

This is despite its more shocking plot. Unlike the Boatwrights of Bastard, a lively and tightly-knit group of ne'er-do-wells, the Johnsons are isolated from their extended family and ruthless towards each other, each one capable of horrible acts of cruelty. The main culprit is the father, Bill Sr., a vicious drunk who between jail stints beats his wife and children and sexually abuses his daughter Jean. Billy Jr., the dead man of the title, responds to the abuse by becoming his father's replica, repeating his father's acts first with Jean, then with...

Author: By Carmen J. Iglesias, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Much About Incest Is Better Left Unsaid | 11/20/1998 | See Source »

According to a fact list posted on allernet.com, the average cold lasts for 6.4 days. Should a sickness persist for more than a week, an allergen or something more serious could be the culprit...

Author: By Christopher C. Pappas, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: UHS Sees Rise in Common Illnesses | 10/8/1998 | See Source »

Even a princess can't do some things. JREDS lost a fight against construction of an Aqaba oil refinery, and though the society helped win a law against traps that ensnare precious coral fish as well as edible species, many fishermen still use the devices. Zipping by a culprit as she rides on a royal pleasure boat, Basma gives a shrug that is part resignation, part stiffened resolve. But mostly stiffened resolve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Princess Basma: A Royal Guardian For Jordan's Reefs | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

Along the way, everybody falls off the script, dead and gutted, so that you are basically left with two suspects between whom you may choose your culprit. The suspense is weaker than baby shampoo. Unless you are stripped of imagination, you will find that you have solved the film long before the end, and get frustrated by the spunky and independent student as she plods dumbly through the conclusion...

Author: By Phua MEI Pin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: No 'Legend' This Fall Season: Bland and Brainless | 10/2/1998 | See Source »

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