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John A. Fries, a junior at MIT, then hatched the devious scheme of posing as a Crimson reporter to steal back...

Author: By Maria S. Pedroza, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: First-Years’ Paw Prank Foiled by MIT Imposter | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

With pre-frosh weekend rapidly approaching, one Harvard first-year is hatching a devious scheme. It may seem obvious that the admissions office wants female pre-frosh staying with female students, but apparently this is never explicitly spelled out. This clever first-year, capitalizing on the ambiguity of the situation and what he believes is the gender ambiguity of his first name, has attempted to pass himself off as a female student to host unsuspecting female members of the class of 2006. “Call me S. Vanderweil. No wait, that’s too obvious, call me Stefan...

Author: By Matthew L. Siegel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Host with the Mostest | 4/11/2002 | See Source »

...former-Houston-Oilers-now-Tennessee Titans had a devious way of making an entire city leap on the proverbial bandwagon in anticipation of a championship and then stomping upon the heart of every single individual who ever shouted, “Luv Ya Blue...

Author: By Cathy Tran, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tran-spotting: Crimson Helps Skeptical Fan Find A Home Team | 11/15/2001 | See Source »

former-Houston-Oilers-now-Tennessee-Titans had a devious way of making an entire city leap on the proverbial

Author: By Cathy Tran, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tran-spotting: Thanks, Harvard Football | 11/14/2001 | See Source »

...triad movie Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 has a devious structure that Alan Ayckbourn might envy: a layabout named Kau (Lau Ching-wan) is drawn into a heist scheme. Is it in China? Or in Taiwan? The two parts of this what-if scenario show the results, with some odd twists, as when the hoods laboriously seal their comrade's corpse behind a wall, then hear the sound of a beeper?it's the dead man's, which they need to get further instructions, and they buried it with him behind the wall. Wai visualized this complex farrago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fulltime Filmmaker | 9/3/2001 | See Source »

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