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...felt even more naive and helpless when they told me that we would need a parental guarantor for our apartment because landlords do not like shares. Although I thought I was truly independent, making a decent salary, the broker wanted me to run back to mommy and daddy for help. Initially I took the brokers' words at face value. I called my father immediately, thinking he'd be happy to sign a piece of paper making him ultimately responsible for our rent. But he was not so willing, advising me to be more firm with the broker...

Author: By Sandra Favelukes, | Title: Moving on Up? | 6/2/1998 | See Source »

Smith battled, firing 60-plus pitches acrossfour shutout innings, but kept the vaunted Harvardbats at bay, allowing only two hits while fanningthree. The lefthander sported an aggressivefastball and decent offspeed stuff but irkedHarvard primarily with his pickoff move...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Baseball Drops First NCAA Game, 16-1 | 5/22/1998 | See Source »

...least Harvard can do, it seems, is to provide a decent test-taking environment during the exams themselves. According to the majority of students and exam proctors, the Office of the Registrartends to do its job pretty well...

Author: By Paul K. Nitze, | Title: Where Do All Those Harvard Proctors Go? | 5/20/1998 | See Source »

...absolutely disgusted with Harvard for this appointment. Doesn't Harvard stand for anything that is honorable, decent and God-fearing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Lowell Masters Disgrace | 5/6/1998 | See Source »

...shooting a human being over a rebuff does not know how to use a gun. Until the N.R.A. is ready to take on the responsibility of making sure every gun user thoroughly understands this major distinction, the gun lobbyists should shut up and let the U.S. have some decent gun laws. It is just too, too easy for irresponsible people to get hold of the means of making a tragically permanent change in the lives of too, too many people. STEVEN SCHAUFELE Taipei...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 27, 1998 | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

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