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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they believe they can nail candidates for terminal elitism by asking them if they know the cost of a quart of milk or a dozen eggs. (Correct answer in nondairy states: "I don't know; I'm watching my cholesterol." Real correct answer: "Good God, man, I'm trying to figure out how to govern the world's most powerful nation, not win a slot on The Price Is Right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IF ONLY WE ASKED... | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

...Russell ran giant corporations from her perch as executive secretary to some very soft plutocrats. Katharine Hepburn, a cool goddess, came to earth to cuddle with Spencer Tracy. Bette Davis strutted her sensationally neurotic hauteur. Joan Crawford played the unapologetic gold digger, which is how she leveled half a dozen other star actresses in The Women. These actresses played characters who didn't need to take revenge. They had sexual equality, emotional superiority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LADIES WHO LUNGE | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

About three dozen of the program's 250 volunteers are Harvard students, and BELL's leadership consists primarily of alumni of the University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BELL Foundation Begins Year | 10/5/1996 | See Source »

...Rocks, was started two years ago by a dozen first-years who wanted more a cappella opportunities for singers, Nano says...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reaching for the High Notes | 10/4/1996 | See Source »

Three to four times a week, a dozen students aged 12 to 25 met in a workshop to collaborate on paintings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rollins Tells Students Art Can Tranform Adolescents' Lives | 10/3/1996 | See Source »

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