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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...huge issue in terms of balancing historic buildings...with the needs of students who deserve and earn a chance to be here," says Dean of Freshmen Nathans, who was thrown into the renovation project as soon as she arrived at Harvard in the early 1990s, just as construction was about to get underway...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner and Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Full ADA Compliance Still Elusive | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...post Giessmann has manned for the past 19 years behind the cafeteria steam table. She has watched students' tastes shift from meat loaf to pizza and from nice skirts to shorts with panties hanging out--"If they even wore panties," Giessmann sniffs. She knows that most students these days earn spending money at part-time jobs, but she also knows to call the school detective "when I see kids with their wallets full of $50 and $100 bills to pay for a 70[cent] breakfast. It's usually drug money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thursday: 8:30 A.M. Cafeteria Lady | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...Putting the videos away is so monotonous," she says. But she is making $5.90 an hour and claims her work here "is really easy." Between Hollywood Video and nearby Kraus Farms Equestrian Center, where she teaches horseback riding, Elizabeth works 40 hours a week. This year she plans to earn $14,400--nearly what her mother makes as a bank teller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tuesday: 5:30 P.M. On The Job | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

Most weekdays, Elizabeth starts work at 3 p.m. and is finished by 8. On Saturdays she puts in 11 hours at Kraus Farms, a job she keeps as much to ride horses as to earn extra cash. Sunday is her "hell day": she starts at Kraus Farms at 8 a.m., teaches until 5 p.m., grabs some food, drives to Hollywood Video and works there from 6 until 11 p.m. "I'm sure I'm sacrificing my health," Elizabeth says, "but I'm actually doing better in school than I ever have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tuesday: 5:30 P.M. On The Job | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...online form on any of the sites, a window pops up with a rating. One star means the site will disclose your personal information without your explicit permission, while four stars mean your privacy is fully protected. One-star sites include ticketmaster.com and gap.com while qvc.com and bestbuy.com earn top honors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Oct. 18, 1999 | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

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