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Wriede, who has already qualified for the Olympic trials in the 200 breast-stroke, broke the meet, pool and team records with her 2:15.39 time in the same event. More importantly the time was fast enough to qualify her for the NCAA meet in March. There are distinct advantages to making the cut this early in the season, as the necessary time dropped nearly two seconds off of last year's 2:18.00, narrowing the number of qualifiers...

Author: By Liz Resnick, | Title: Aquawomen Win Pitt Tourney | 12/9/1991 | See Source »

...when the peanut butter is hitting the fan, all-out warfare is being waged against a distinct community on campus and no one seems to mind...

Author: By Allan S. Galper, | Title: Anti-Ant PB&J | 11/20/1991 | See Source »

...Asian cuisine -- as distinct from wok and stir-fry cooking -- is still ^ largely a dining-out rather than a domestic phenomenon. Some culinary sophistication is called for. "You can't just plop Asian ingredients into French food or vice versa," says Tower. "And some Western things shouldn't be touched; I wouldn't give up sauce bearnaise for the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spicy Blend of East and West | 11/18/1991 | See Source »

...highly publicized success of Asian Americans, 29 culturally distinct groups that are sometimes classified by California demographers as white, is being used by the media and some members of the policy elite to embarrass African Americans. Some Asian Americans have documented the existence of an Asian-American "underclass" (people engaged in socially deviant behavior or living below the poverty line, or both). But such findings have not dented the widespread impression that these groups are "model" minorities. Blacks are seen as less hardworking and less deserving than members of model minorities -- although 90% of them hold jobs and their West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viewpoint: Bad News for Blacks | 11/18/1991 | See Source »

Godspell deviates from many Harvard productions because of its clever innovation--incorporating some tasteful lyrics by rap group Salt 'n' Pepa, for instance. Thanks to Wei, all 13 stage personas have distinct personalities and positions...

Author: By P. GREGORY Maravilla, | Title: Think Baby Muppets | 11/15/1991 | See Source »

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