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Intrigued by the seemingly cloak-and-dagger methods Cleary hinted at, The Crimson decided to probe this further, taking the matter up with Harvard's most recognizable fund raiser: President Neil L. Rudenstine...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: How Do You Freeze? | 10/16/1993 | See Source »

Rivera's interests coincide with the show's. Women are the core audience for musicals; without her, Kiss would be virtually all male. Moreover, her presence affords mainstream heterosexuals a comfortable entry into a violent and homoerotic world. Above all, her face, thrusting body and eerily insinuating voice -- a dagger wrapped in velvet -- keep Spider Woman vivid in memory, making it an event rather than just a show. This may not be Rivera's showiest role, but it is one in which she seems irreplaceable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Along Comes the Spider | 5/3/1993 | See Source »

...creature is an intellectual lightweight, it senses the danger lurking in the surrounding forest. Suddenly, out from behind a tree lumbers one of the largest and fiercest carnivores that have ever lived: Tyrannosaurus rex. Although this beast is a mere adolescent, it is 15 ft. tall and armed with dagger-sharp teeth. The triceratops attempts a retreat, but the cold-blooded creature can only move slowly. It is too soon after sunrise, and the dinosaur hasn't had time to absorb the heat it needs to rouse its sluggish metabolism. While T. rex has the same problem, its longer legs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rewriting the Book on Dinosaurs | 4/26/1993 | See Source »

...agree with the staff's opinion that the athletics department and admissions office wrongly function as cloak-and-dagger operations. Harvard should make the athletics department more financially accountable and should make the Admissions Office more honest in disclosing its policies...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: Good Sports | 12/16/1992 | See Source »

...legs. With all the power of his 266 lbs. of hurtling flesh, Byrd had unintentionally rammed his helmeted head into the chest of his 275-lb. teammate Scott Mersereau. The impact crumpled a vertebra in Byrd's neck, crushing part of the underlying spinal cord as well as plunging dagger-like slivers of bone into the soft, vital nerve tissue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tackling Spinal Trauma | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

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