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There are supposedly 6,500 undergraduates at Harvard College, but empirical observation suggest that the number is probably closer to 150. Like some kind of bad movie set where a few dozen people represent a crowd of hundreds by walking around the block again and again, our lives on this campus often appear to be populated by a very limited cast of characters. Some-how, the same ten people keep showing up everywhere...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: The Extras in Our Lives | 2/3/1998 | See Source »

...conversations with Lewinsky--some taped, some just recalled--tell a steamy story of sex and power, pressure and confusion. The women spoke all the time, in the Pentagon corridors, over coffee, when they met after work for a drink or drove home together. Lewinsky spoke of at least a dozen sexual encounters with Clinton, perhaps as many as 20. She claimed she would go to the White House, usually in the late afternoon or evenings, and be cleared in by Currie. When Lewinsky and the President couldn't rendezvous in person, they allegedly did it on the phone. The phone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Crisis: Truth or...Consequences | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

...show, the agriculture industry turned its outrage into action. Working with farm lobbies across the country, it campaigned for new state laws lowering the burden of proof for plaintiffs suing over the bad-mouthing of food. So far, 13 states have passed food-disparagement laws, and a dozen other states are considering them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Media: Trial of the Savory | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

Under the leadership of Michael L. Charney, a Kirkland Street resident, several dozen neighbors formed the "Campaign to Stop Knafel Center" in October...

Author: By Nicholas A. Nash, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Neighbors Oppose Knafel | 1/28/1998 | See Source »

...face it, the Pope is a snappy dresser. When he visits Cuba this week, he will be donning at least half a dozen outfits. But John Paul II isn't just a Beau Brummel; most of his wardrobe has a symbolic religious aspect. The Italian firm Gammarelli's has served as a papal tailor for nearly 200 years. The Vatican also has its own seamstresses, and there are four black-robed nuns who oversee his considerable laundry. Using your very own John Paul II cutout doll, you can create your favorite papal ensembles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jan. 26, 1998 | 1/26/1998 | See Source »

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