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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...officer was sent to the courtyard of the Kirkland House Annex after receiving a report of a dumpster fire. The Cambridge Fire Department extinguished the fire...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log | 4/9/2002 | See Source »

Students in the Kirkland House Annex evacuated their dorms early Saturday when a dumpster in the Annex courtyard caught on fire...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dumpster Fire Forces Evacuation | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

According to Kirkland House Superintendent Scott Haywood, who assessed the situation Saturday morning, the fire burned only the trash inside the dumpster...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dumpster Fire Forces Evacuation | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

...HUPD officer removed a noisy individual from a Perkins Hall dumpster...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POLICE LOG | 2/26/2002 | See Source »

Homeless people who scavenge garbage bins for food have for years been said to be "Dumpster diving." But now the term has morphed to describe an unscrupulous business practice: rummaging through a competitor's trash for inside information. It's a low-tech form of corporate espionage that has increased since 1988, when the Supreme Court ruled that once it leaves private property, trash is fair game. Last year Procter & Gamble, whose products include Pantene and Head & Shoulders shampoos, admitted Dumpster diving for information about Anglo-Dutch conglomerate Unilever, makers of Finesse and Helene Curtis. Dumpster diving is also practiced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Briefing: Feb. 25, 2002 | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

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