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...Director of the Harvard Athletic Association William J. Bingham '16 decided in favor of the change in the fall of 1947 after a Student Council poll showed a majority of the student body in favor of allowing dates in the cheering section...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 1948 Saw First Crimson Victory Over Elis In Seven Years | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

Director of the Harvard Athletic Association William J. Bingham '16 decided in favor of the change in the fall of 1947 after a Student Council poll showed a majority of the students in favor of allowing dates in the cheering section...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 1948 Saw First Victory Over Elis In Seven Years | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

Unlike dancemakers who favor the hard-edged, stripped-down contemporary idiom that he crisply dismisses as "technoballet," Wheeldon is an unabashed classicist. His style, a bracingly confident fusion of George Balanchine's structural clarity with the sunny lyricism of Frederick Ashton, is respectful of tradition without stooping to imitation. He's also a sucker for tutus, toe shoes and moonlit pas de deux. "I don't have much angst in me," he says. "I love to be romantic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Christopher Wheeldon: Master of His Domain | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

...want to start an argument among the generations in your family, just bring up the latest proposals to fix Social Security. A new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Kennedy School of Government and National Public Radio shows that 71% of Americans ages 18 to 29 favor partial privatization of the system. Half of those 65 or older oppose such a move. But 60% of the young and 58% of the elderly agree that Washington hasn't managed the program well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Family: May 31, 1999 | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

However, while pro-gun control Senators like Charles Schumer of New York argue that "the momentum has shifted" in favor of gun control, Democrats behind the scenes aren't so sure. "That's manure," said a leading House Democratic staff member. He and others haven't forgotten how in 1994 the N.R.A. knocked out two of the party's giants, Speaker Tom Foley and Judiciary Committee chairman Jack Brooks, over their support for the assault-weapons ban. And they note that rural, pro-gun districts have more clout in the House. Then there's the N.R.A.'s well-funded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Picking A Fight With The N.R.A. | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

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