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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hill." The main character of the show, Hank Hill, is a conservative father who has a difficult time discussing sensitive topics such as sex with his 11-year-old son, Bobby. After Bobby discerns his father's distaste of sexual matters, he tells his father, in an effort to please him, that he will not have sex. Hank replies that he would want that if Bobby was his daughter, not his son. Bobby wonders about this double standard, forcing Hank to respond that, yes, it is unfair that boys should have sex while girls should abstain from it, but "that...

Author: By Sozi T. Sozinho, | Title: Men Can Be Virgins, Too | 3/14/1997 | See Source »

Judith H. Kidd, assistant dean of public service, said the regulations were the result of a joint effort by PBHA, the insurance office and her office...

Author: By Jason T. Benowitz, | Title: New Safety Rules Endorsed By PBHA Board | 3/14/1997 | See Source »

...troubles of the production. His baritone was adequate, if not especially exciting, but it somehow lacked sheer force at crucial moments. Part of the problem lay in that his voice was drowned out every time the orchestra launched into the "curse" motif. And although he made a valiant effort to look appropriately anguished, his arm-waving and facial expression never quite succeeded in evoking the passions of the embittered hunchback...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, | Title: Lowell House Opera Presents Verdi With a Spot of 'Grease' | 3/13/1997 | See Source »

...ongoing effort to revive dwindling undergraduate use of Loker Commons, members of the Memorial/Lowell Hall Advisory Committee announced yesterday the upcoming addition of a television lounge complete with a 33" TV and couches...

Author: By Peggy S. Chen, | Title: Loker Will Get TV Lounge, Couches | 3/12/1997 | See Source »

...several eyewitnesses who thought they saw a glowing object approach the craft just before the catastrophic explosion, it's a little harder to write off the testimony of Captain Chris Baur, an Air National Guard chopper pilot who witnessed the crash at close range and mounted the initial rescue effort. According to National Guard sources, B aur told his superiors that night that he thought he had seen a missile streaking toward the plane. The FBI insists that there is no proof of such a missile. NTSB experts say an optical illusion associated with a shooting flame from the initial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Daily of March 12, 1997 | 3/12/1997 | See Source »

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