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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...should not overshadow the liberties she takes with the form. Most notably, her wizard world is not at all remote from daily realities. It takes a cyclone to transport Dorothy to Oz. In contrast, Harry can walk a few steps through a London pub near Charing Cross Road and enter Diagon Alley, a wizard shopping bazaar, where he and his classmates meet late each summer to buy school supplies. And getting from there to Hogwarts is a snap; Harry and his friends go to King's Cross Station and board the Hogwarts Express, which departs early every September from Platform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wild About Harry Potter | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

...Real, Live Bigot," your columnist Jack E. White writes as though he has been granted a special license to hurl hateful epithets that stigmatize good people for life [DIVIDING LINE, Aug. 30]. Indeed, this piece has set us all on a perilous course. Who will have the courage to enter this vital debate? Is a new version of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror upon us--with reputations, rather than heads, falling? D.L. COBURN Dallas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 20, 1999 | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

Following her impressive freshman year, Browning expected to make a bigger leap in her rowing ability during her sophomore season. But that expectation was stymied by her inability to enter the season with the same strength...

Author: By Amy E. Ooten, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Senior Anne Browning Leaves Goal for Seat in Boat | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

However, sophomore Robyn Scatena and freshman Cheryl Gunther both enter the season with impressive backgrounds. Recently, Gunther has been showing her strong capabilities in the net as she has received a lot of playing time...

Author: By Amy E. Ooten, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Senior Anne Browning Leaves Goal for Seat in Boat | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

...more subtle and democratic set of rules emerged, according to TIME religion correspondent David Van Biema. "An indulgence is a much more complicated thing than it used to be," says Van Biema. "Now, instead of just handing over some cash to shave years off your time in purgatory, you enter into a healing process with God after confessing to a sin." So tossing those cigarettes now qualifies as a spiritual act? Van Biema acknowledges that the Vatican anti-smoking edict may "elicit a few giggles," but he believes it could be a boon to the Vatican. "If the curiosity surrounding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where There's Smoking, There's (Hell)Fire | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

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