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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After this date, a late charge will be leveled. Furthermore, seniors who fail to make rental reservations cannot participate in the commencement exercises...

Author: By Shara R. Kay, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cap and Gown Orders Due Soon | 4/9/1998 | See Source »

...classrooms and libraries to the Internet is a horrible idea. The Internet at best brings convenience to everyday life. It allows us to check the weather, the news, the stock market and so on very quickly. None of this information helps educate children. But the Internet does not just fail to educate children; it even obstructs their education. The information on it lacks veritable scholastic quality because it is not filtered through the ordinary editing and publishing process of books and magazines. Moreover, the Internet has too many temptations--ESPNet and Playboy come to mind--to distract students bored with...

Author: By Thomas B. Cotton, | Title: Liberals Phone Home | 4/8/1998 | See Source »

...high on drugs they were. Maybe they didn't care if their fun and games scared me into not jumping; no refunds, after all. They did double-check our seat harnesses, however, and helped us don chest harnesses, to serve as an emergency back-up should the seat harness fail...

Author: By John F. "case" kim, | Title: Taking a Leap in Las Vegas | 4/7/1998 | See Source »

...Boulder, Colo., police. The producers say the documentary will debunk certain assumptions, among them that JonBenet had been sexually abused, and offer new support for an outside-intruder theory. Notwithstanding the claim that the family had no editorial control, it is difficult to see how the show can fail to boost the Ramseys' fortunes. It is likely to air in spring or early summer -- about the time that a grand jury may investigate the murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ramseys to Speak About JonBenet | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

...respond by attacking Israel to embarrass Arafat. ?Cracking down on Hamas may impress the U.S. and Israel, but it puts the PA in conflict with a significant portion of the Palestinian population,? says Hamad. Even if the PA has declared the Sharif case closed, that means little if they fail to convince Hamas -- who are, after all, the ones who do the bombing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hamas Rejects Assassination Findings | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

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