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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...number of international students accepted increased 121 percent from 23 to 51; the number of Canadians--whichthe Admissions Office keeps distinct frominternational students--also nearly doubled, from14...

Author: By Jason M. Goins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Early Action Admits Increase Again | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

Some works of art celebrated others. There was a whole category, for instance, known as tagasode ("whose sleeves?") or sometimes kosode (small sleeves): screen paintings that depicted women's robes draped casually over a hanging frame, their emptiness carrying a light but distinct erotic flavor. Sometimes their elaborate designs were replicated in paint, but in one screen in this show the fragments of the robes themselves were glued to the gold-leaf surface in a supremely elegant, early form of collage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Style Was Key | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

...through her short examples and the sea of names of victims and officials is sometimes difficult, and the first few chapters seem not to lead very clearly from one point to another. There is little sense of progression but rather a sense of increasing complication. There is also a distinct lack of narrative cohesion. We are never really brought close to the trials and the truth commissions--personal reflections or individual experiences are limited especially in the first few chapters, kept very short and giving us very little to latch on to. This brevity makes it difficult at times...

Author: By Jerome L. Martin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Between Getting Even And Getting Human | 12/11/1998 | See Source »

This "reality" revolves around the interactions of the four band members, each of whom, of course, has a distinct personality. Joe Dick is the aggressive and abrasive lead singer of the band, a punk rocker who feels a deep hatred for the music industry and an affinity for spitting on his fellow band members during performances...

Author: By J.t. Merino, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HARD CORE LOGO | 12/11/1998 | See Source »

Flynn said prejudice against the yule-free canbe traced to two distinct figures: Dickens'Ebeneezer Scrooge and Dr. Seuss' Grinch...

Author: By Susie Y. Huang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Author Speaks Out Against Christmas | 12/9/1998 | See Source »

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