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...railroad man and grew up alongside a train track. In the 1960s he spotted a hobo who reminded him of Willie Nelson and was moved to write the song Boxcar Willie. After 22 years in the Air Force, where he logged 10,000 hours as a flier, he adopted the hobo persona of stubble and a crumpled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Apr. 26, 1999 | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...view on the matter is admittedly derivative. I spent much of January leafing through the pages of the Baffler, a leftist cultural criticism journal led by the likes of Thomas Frank, whose thesis is irrefutable: In this new gilded age, in which Sport Utility Vehicles abound and frequent flier perks become sweeter every year, our culture has one driving motivation, one underlying sense of consciousness, one theme--the unbridled cult of materialism. All must bow to the almighty corporation, the omnipotent dollar...

Author: By Maxwell N. Krohn, | Title: Playing Right Into Their Hands | 2/18/1999 | See Source »

...dusty condom dispenser rests in the basement of Winthrop, appearing as old as the House itself. It contains no condoms. A flier upstairs advertises a new program sponsored by Aids Education and Outreach (AEO) that distributes free prophylactics to upperclass Houses. The group's Web site claims that house UHS bulletin boards showcase location information. The Winthrop superintendent has never heard of a UHS bulletin board...

Author: By Emily F. Oster, | Title: Looking for Rubbers | 2/11/1999 | See Source »

Wednesday, February 3: Registration Day. As students register for the new spring term, many are surprised to discover in their registration packets a neon-colored flier telling them to check out Foreign Cultures 48, "The Cultural Revolution." At nine that morning, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science Roderick MacFarquhar tells a packed lecture hall his course had been given a "very favorable review" by the CUE Guide and that one-third of past students have found his lectures to be "enthralling and very clearly organized...

Author: By Alexander T. Nguyen, | Title: It's a Consumer's World After All | 2/4/1999 | See Source »

...flier includes quotes suggesting thatGlobal Youth Connect, an organization King said hewants to advise him on community-building atHarvard, is an evangelical Christian group--thoughit has "no religious affiliation whatsoever,"according to King...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Seton, Redmond Get Stewart's Endorsement | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

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