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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This article is designed to explain how to achieve the third answer to this perplexing problem by the use of the vague generality, the artful equivocation and the overpowering assumption...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Beating the System | 1/15/1999 | See Source »

...suggests that Cambridge's strong economy and soaring rents explain the drop. "I think one possible explanation is that people have continued to receive benefits but have been forced to move out of Cambridge," she says...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: After Welfare | 1/13/1999 | See Source »

...what makes me twitch and tremble is having to explain to everyone I know why I must be back in Cambridge on the fourth of January, and watching them gasp in shock and dismay upon hearing that I have yet to complete major portions of my work for the semester. In my opinion, the simple question "How long is your winter break?" is the worst one you can ask a Harvard student. Surely I am not alone in experiencing this painful ritual year after year...

Author: By Erwin R. Rosinberg, | Title: The Most Awful Question | 1/13/1999 | See Source »

Sullivan points to the Square's history to explain the store's attraction. "People come here because it has a history of radical thought," she says...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Times Are A-Changin' for Cambridge's Den of Revolutionary Thought | 1/13/1999 | See Source »

...those adjectives -- Jordanesque, Jordanaire -- and stop trying to Be Like Mike: At age 35, Michael Jordan is once again walking away from the NBA. For once, Jordan was at a loss on the United Center court. The usual smoothness was gone, replaced by the emotion of trying to explain why he was quitting what he does best: His heart's not in it anymore, Jordan said: "Mentally, I'm exhausted, I don't feel I have a challenge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Michael Jordan Retires | 1/13/1999 | See Source »

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