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...tenacious reader who read every word, the superficiality of the analyses failed to debunk any of the widely held negative images of certain houses. The writers of The Crimson seem to suffer from a misconception that it would be a mistake to say anything which might make waves. Those of us who pay to read this newspaper, however, read it in the vain hope that it will tell us something we would not learn from the other more self-interested branches of the Harvard Corporation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Make Some Waves | 3/17/1993 | See Source »

...featured 14 min. of balanced debate, capped by 57 seconds of crash footage that explosively showed how the gas tanks of certain old GM trucks could catch fire in a sideways collision. Following a tip, GM hired detectives, searched 22 junkyards for 18 hours, and found evidence to debunk almost every aspect of the crash sequence. Last week, in a devastating press conference, GM showed that the conflagration was rigged, its causes misattributed, its severity overstated and other facts distorted. Two crucial errors: NBC said the truck's gas tank had ruptured, yet an X ray showed it hadn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where NBC Went Wrong | 2/22/1993 | See Source »

...Harvard conspiracy." The ivy may be foreboding,but there is certainly nothing grandiose aboutdorms with cockroaches and poor plumbing. Fame andpower don't really fit into the Harvardexperience. It's more subtle than that, morepersonal. "It's just a place," my Harvardinterviewer told me, groping for the best languageto debunk the myth. "There is no way to say thatHarvard is the best, there's no reason to saythat. it's just a great place. You'll see what Imean...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Slice of Life | 7/3/1992 | See Source »

Wittcoff said the letter is crucial because"they debunk the myth of the pool problem." Inaddition, the letter shows that one-third of thefaculty believes that the school can created amore diverse faculty without sacrificing academicexcellence, she said...

Author: By Natasha H. Leland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Law Profs Urge New Faculty Hiring Process | 4/21/1992 | See Source »

...Heimert fires back at his opponents, trying to debunk the "obsession" with "Eliot House and preppies...

Author: By D. RICHARD De silva, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fighting for Tradition | 4/1/1992 | See Source »

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