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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...teeth of the gathering global gale, with 3,000 of the highest-priced rooms in Vegas and something like $300 million worth of works of art nailed to its mast. All bought, over a little more than two years, by Stephen A. Wynn, 56, who had never collected anything except casino real estate and golf courses before--and who is, moreover, gradually losing his sight to retinitis pigmentosa, an irreversible, degenerative eye disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Las Vegas--Over The Top: Wynn Win? | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...weekend approaches, the bong waters of Oakland are still. Hundreds of "cough sufferers" have nowhere to turn for medicinal relief (except for Robutussin, but that's been no help since they reduced the alcohol quotient...

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, | Title: DARTBOARD | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

Harvard will enter an environment unlike any it encounters except for the Yale game. The Harvard players said they expect a sell-out crowd to greet them at Princeton's new stadium. The crowd should motivate both sides in the game...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Linden Expected to Start vs. Princeton | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

...answers belong in the blue book. Students should refrain from using their neighbor's body for assistance, except in the case of question 7. Points are redeemable for tawdry thrills, decades of procrastination, and gratuitous ego expansion. Refer to accompanying pictures for assistance...

Author: By Terry E-E Chang, | Title: SOME LIKE IT IN WIDENER STACKS | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

...couldn't even snag an offer, doesn't it? But the recruiting program means you don't know what it's like to miss the flight to your first interview, and to arrive late, sweaty and exhausted, only to be told you're overqualified, or underqualified, or perfectly qualified, except that the position has already been filled because the president of the company has a nephew who decided to drop out of college after his first semester and needs something...

Author: By Alison Kim, | Title: The Importance of Self-Reliance | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

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