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...starters, we could have Rudenstine House, or maybe Neil House, since our commander-in-chief is now a lame duck. Not the most inspired. Let's encourage the powers-that-be to look a little harder. Here's a possibility: The Inn at Harvard will soon be owned by our little branch of the University and would make an ideal location. We could simply rechristen it Inn House. Think how popular it would be...unless it actually wasn't popular, being so close to the Union and all, and was rerechristened Out House. That would be unfortunate. Alternatively, Harvard could...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In the Future... | 6/8/2000 | See Source »

...found a signed Sarah Jessica Parker rubber duck on eBay for $50. Tell me I wasn't suckered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarah Jessica Parker | 6/5/2000 | See Source »

...think I've ever signed a rubber duck in my life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarah Jessica Parker | 6/5/2000 | See Source »

Derek C. Bok, by then the lame-duck president of the University, had embarked on a visionary program during his time in Mass. Hall, seeking to unify the famously decentralized branches of the University and spread Harvard's operations around the globe...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Low-Key President Raised Cash, Not Voice | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

Everybody needs to play. Kids especially learn by playing. They pick up counting skills from duck-duck-goose and learn strategy from checkers, card games and sports. So when they play violent video games, are they learning to kill and maim? Many parents began asking this question when they learned that the Columbine killers were avid players of Doom--a game that teaches killing skills so effectively that the U.S. military uses a modified version to train its soldiers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video Playground | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

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