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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only by chance that McGuinness met Michael McClung, manager of the Hasty Pudding theater, who was looking for an interesting new way to fill the space. Guys and Dolls was thus resurrected in a venue that hasn't hosted any other student theater, except the annual all-male Pudding shows, for over a decade. The American Repertory Theater occasionally stages a play there, but often the space remains dark. Guys and Dolls should prove that there's no reason to reserve the space almost exclusively for cross-dressing...

Author: By Erwin R. Rosinberg, | Title: Bringing Broadway to the Pudding | 12/9/1998 | See Source »

...After the first time they took all the pens from the dorm, a number of us started attaching the pens with strings to message boards--except this time they came and cut all the strings and took the pens," Silas L. Wang '02 said...

Author: By John P. Posch, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Thief Absconds With Thayer Message Board Pens | 12/9/1998 | See Source »

...wage increased later to a daily $10, it proved a critical component of Ford's quest to make the automobile accessible to all. The critics were too stupid to comprehend that because Ford had lowered his costs per car, the higher wages didn't matter--except for making it feasible for more people to buy cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Driving Force: Henry Ford | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...Asked late in life what he was proudest of, he did not mention smiling children or the promulgation of family values. "The whole damn thing," he snapped, "the fact that I was able to build an organization and hold it." These were not the sentiments of anyone's uncle--except perhaps Scrooge McDuck. And their consequences--many of them unintended and often enough unexplored--persist, subtly but surely affecting the ways we all live, think and dream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Walt Disney: Ruler Of The Magic Kingdom | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...Buys Tungsram, a lighting maker, from Hungarian government. Sells aerospace business (except jet engines). Sells Kidder, Peabody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Business Of America | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

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