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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when proudly declaring "I go to Harvard" is an asset, but more often than not, especially at home, it causes raised eyebrows, quick judgments, and the mocking "Ha-vaad" accent. I don't think my own mother has ever voluntarily told anyone in Baltimore where I go to college, except to say, "She goes to school in Boston." Admittedly, I've fallen prey to using this line more than a couple times over my years here, but I had excused it as only a little white lie. Lately, though, I'm wondering how true that statement really...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Accidental Tourist | 10/8/1996 | See Source »

...although nothing personally nasty. His numbers, which had been sliding, have stabilized. Weld, after huffing and puffing his way through a 5-K race in Quincy, was overheard telling a supporter as he chugged a bottle of Power-Ade, "It's a dead heat. And that's pretty disconcerting." Except to lovers of political suspense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GOOD FIGHT | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

...Except for a Dixie Cup-esque cut (I Do), the Grace of My Heart songs aren't primarily parodies; they're just good music. The pearl is God Give Me Strength, by Bacharach and Elvis Costello. Broody and complex, it suggests a tune Bacharach might have given Dionne Warwick to sing in an uptown nightclub at 3 a.m. "Burt consciously breaks rules with bar lines," says Costello. "He's breaking the meter, but it still feels natural. And he expresses feeling so much better than the trumped-up romantic ballads of today, where the emotions seem to have come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: '60S GOING ON '90S | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

...loss to Princeton sure didn't help Cornell (3-3, 0-1), except for the fact that the Big Red got that game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Dominates Ivies, Harvard Consistent | 10/4/1996 | See Source »

Cities such as Charlottesville, Chapel Hill, and Athens, Ga. have only their presective college football teams as athletic torchbearers--if every major college and professional sports team was eliminated except for Harvard, Memorial Drive would have to be closed off every Saturday to accommodate the crowds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Southern Comfort? | 10/4/1996 | See Source »

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