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...said the policy used last year receivedmixed reviews, although allowing transfers to bedetermined intra-house lotteries was generallyapproved. Previously, would-be transfer studentscould only apply to fill any leftover spaces inthe summer, and had to float into the house ifaccepted...

Author: By Marion B. Gammill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Cap On House Transfers Proposed | 1/8/1993 | See Source »

...President-elect has a chance to reconsider. Clinton advisers contrast the alacrity with which Bill Bradley took his name out of the vice-presidential race last summer with the New Jersey Senator's palpable eagerness to be considered for Secretary of State. Another proven reputation-enhancement tactic is to float your own name for a job for which you are not being considered. According to Clinton insiders, Senator Bob Kerrey tried this trick during the vice-presidential sweepstakes, and they suspect that deputy transition director Alexis Herman recently put herself forward for Secretary of Labor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Worst-Kept Secrets | 12/21/1992 | See Source »

Everyone's sucking down little potfuls of jambalaya and endless blue glasses of champagne, courtesy of the House. Those with long arms grab quesadillas and chunks of blue-dyed chicken off of platters that seem to float above the crowd, held high by waiters who bustle unseen through the surrounding crush of people. It would be impossible, at this point, to fall, much less move anyplace, because a dense knot of bodies presses in from every direction. More TV camera lights flare up--Entertainment Tonight and CBS--and the room becomes one crowded, sweaty, hyperthermic, and increasingly drunk exercise...

Author: By J.c. Herz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The House of Blues | 12/10/1992 | See Source »

...such melancholy musings. Proving that a so-called alternative band can keep its edge after conquering the musical mainstream, Automatic for the People manages to dodge predictability without ever sounding aimless or unfocused. Buoyed by a lush weave of chiming guitars, muted strings and oboe, Stipe's moody vocals float over the music like leaves drifting across a dark pond. The songs, which tend to start slowly and build momentum, shimmer and swirl with bittersweet melodies and riffs that gather rather than hook. Nightswimming, which circles around a cascading piano part, and Find the River, which resonates with a yearning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Sinking Feeling | 11/23/1992 | See Source »

Passers-by should be on the lookout for an enclave of goblins, witches and ghosts competing in their annual trial by water. But they should fo forewarned: these witches float...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Oarswomen Prepare Holiday Costume Race | 10/30/1992 | See Source »

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