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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Faculty Council members said they were pleased to give students a concession they had been clamoring for--not to mention an extra vacation day for teaching faculty as well...

Author: By Jason M. Goins and Rosalind S. Helderman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Faculty Extends Intersession To Seven Days | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

...more than they can afford. I cannot believe how excruciatingly disingenuous Harvard is when it says that its students' "demonstrated needs" are met and that they need give no further money to financial aid--the administration forgets to mention that at the same time, it will soak up the extra money itself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Takes Financial Aid | 5/12/1999 | See Source »

...more than they can afford. I cannot believe how excruciatingly disingenuous Harvard is when it says that its students' "demonstrated needs" are met and that they need give no further money to financial aid--the administration forgets to mention that at the same time, it will soak up the extra money itself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 5/12/1999 | See Source »

...airport X-ray machines weed out carry-on bags that won't fit under the seat or in the overhead rack? Probably not. It's more likely that ticket takers are trained to eyeball patrons from the rear, in a swift and nonthreatening manner, and give the extra-large-approaching signal (maybe a quick puffing out of the cheeks) to an usher, who then asks, with a helpful look and no smile at all, "Could I interest you in something in the full-cut section, sir?" I can imagine the final examination of the training session, with volunteers moving past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Like Big Seats | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

Drumsticks, anyone? If you're partial to chicken legs, here's good news for you. Thanks to some clever genetic engineering, scientists at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif., have come up with a way to grow birds with an extra pair of legs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Genetics: Genetics: Getting a Leg Up on the Birds | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

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