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...amazing how much work can pile up when you totally ignore three courses for the sake of one project. And it's amazing how the thought of returning to Harvard in September to take a second shot at the Social Analysis requirement can resuscitate long-dormant study habits...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: April Showers, Life Sours | 4/13/1988 | See Source »

...when it began to look like Harvard would run away with the game, the dormant Quaker offense woke up. After Gielen committed his fourth personal foul, Roby had to take the point guard out of the game. Then Penn slapped on the pressure, and brought themselves back into the game...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Cagers Top Penn, 80-76; Rebounding Sparks Win | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

Regardless of the outcome of Scholnick's complaint, her action has renewed campus-wide debate on the clubs, bringing to the surface what seemed to be a dormant issue. Already a student group called Stop Witholding Access Today (SWAT) has been formally approved, pledging to support Schkolnick's case and to make students think before they join the clubs. And last night, the Undergraduate Council debated resolutions to provide funding for Schkolnick and to give her moral support...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Knocking on the Final Clubs' Closed Doors | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

Thus while Mubarak's visit produced no tangible results, it did bring some activity and discussion to the long-dormant peace process. Where that might lead remained to be seen, but U.S. officials were not optimistic. Said a State Department analyst: "We can cajole and we can encourage, but the major players have to get together and decide that they want to talk. So far, we just don't see any evidence that there is a will to do that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel Crisis of Conscience | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...spill had happened during the warm months of summer, the highly toxic oil would have been devastating to the rivers' ecosystems. But in winter, fish are inactive, many birds have migrated south, and most plants are dormant. "The algae that fish feed on will be wiped out in the short term," says Tom Purcell of the Environmental Protection Agency, "but they will easily be replenished from upstream." Then, too, escaped oil will eventually be broken down by naturally occurring bacteria, although the EPA's Ray Germann admits, "No one can tell how long it will take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Nightmare on The Monongahela | 1/18/1988 | See Source »

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