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Harvard tends to be a school of fiercely independent individuals. Admitting weakness is tantamount to admitting defeat. The result is a need for solitary solutions for coping with the environment and imposed ignorance of the cold system. Students struggle with personal crises brought on by the Harvard system throughout their stays on campus. The crisis could be rejection by a particular club after many months of comping, or it might be a sense of loneliness because the individual student lacks a desperately desired confidant or significant other...

Author: By Melissa ROSE Langsam, | Title: Necessary Liquid Courage | 2/3/1998 | See Source »

Harvard has been plagued by inconsistency throughout the season, and the Crimson has split its last three weekends coming into the Beanpot. While its victories include the program's first-ever defeat of Providence and impressive wins over Colby and third-ranked Cornell, Harvard has been blown out by New Hampshire and lowly St. Lawrence...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hockey Takes On B.C. in Beanpot Opener | 2/3/1998 | See Source »

...shocking defeat, the Princeton Tigers proved to be just too powerful for the Crimson. Losing by a 7-2 margin, the only two victories Harvard could muster were from its No. 8 and No. 9 players, junior Vanessa Hoermann and freshman Virginia Brown. HARVARD 5 PENN 4 HARVARD 2 PRINCETON...

Author: By Amy E. Ooten, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Squash Finally Falls | 2/3/1998 | See Source »

Vedica Jain, a sophomore, finished third in the flight, playing a strong final match to defeat Ana Paula Mores...

Author: By Jodie L. Pearl, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Tennis Impresses At Harvard Invite | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

...speeches, shuns TV, grants almost no interviews and never, ever discusses his friendship with Clinton--with anyone. That discretion magnifies his value because Jordan appears at Clinton's side at the direst of times. He was with Governor Clinton in 1980 after the young pol's bitter electoral defeat. He was with President Clinton on the night of Vincent Foster's suicide, the day of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown's fatal plane crash, and the night consultant Dick Morris was thrown overboard at the 1996 Democratic National Convention because of a sex scandal. He knows how to clean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Crisis: The Master Fixer in a Fix | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

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