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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...main cavils about Mononoke are that it is too bloody (the battle scenes feature many decapitations and dis-armings) and that at 2 hr. 13 min., it is nearly an hour longer than most cartoon features. "We had to confront the issue of violence head on," Miyazaki says. "Children already know all too well the violence that resides inside them and the violence that pervades the world around them. If we wanted to speak out about this question, we had to incorporate realistic violence in the film. I also agree it's too long. If only I were more blessed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amazing Anime | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

Telltale signs of a prank include Lucifer Associates' address at 66 Madison Ave., a nonexistent phone number and an office in Dis, a level of hell in Dante's Inferno. The Office of Career Services (OCS) does not list the company as an on-campus recruiter...

Author: By Esther S. Yoo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lucifer Associates Joke Bedevils Students | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...said that she had often felt dis- scriminated against as the only woman orminority in various classes, and particularly inresidencies or wards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HMS Symposium Celebrates 30 Years of Affirmative Action | 10/13/1998 | See Source »

...with Banc One Corp. Banc One, based in Columbus, Ohio, does business in 12 states and charges account holders if they use one of its own Rapid Cash Machines. "[The banks] say these mergers create efficiencies," says Mary Griffin of Consumers Union. "But with the efficiencies there is a dis-economy of scale, which costs consumers more." In other words, it costs to save. That's one reason why many consumers now "bank" at the growing number of check-cashing services, where they can pay bills, and at pawnshops. "Over 12 million families already can't afford to bank," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Bigger Really Better? | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

...store itself is long and narrow, with ablack & white tiled floor, dark green and redwalls, a black painted ceiling, and gilt moldings.To the left is a long cigar display containinghundreds of fat stogies, a smoker's hall of fame.On the right is a long counter dis-B-14Gregory L. Hart '01"MY GIRLFRIEND SMOKED AND I COULDN'T STAND THESMELL. I STARTED SO THAT WE WOULD BOTH SMELL...

Author: By Lynda A. Yast, | Title: the great equalizer | 4/23/1998 | See Source »

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