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Dates: during 1990-1999
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These efforts include a non-discrimination policy and formal conversations on gay rights between the president and gay and lesbian youths...

Author: By Kamil E. Redmond, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Conference Focuses on Gay Rights | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

...mail, does it constitute a valid source at all? Jennifer 8. Lee, vice president of The Crimson, concedes, "There is an additional responsibility to check on the source of an e-mail: there is a bigger element of gullibility. E-mail treads a tenuous line between phone conversations and formal letters." The distinction is a significant one--notice that while citing leaked letters may be fair game, tapped phone conversations are definitely...

Author: By Kaustuv Sen, | Title: Reader Representative | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

Bayley says his committee looks at "dedication to Harvard" in attempting to evaluate a potential candidate's fitness for formal nomination. This, however, does not have to mean levels of donation, he says...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Overseer Elections Call Up Dedicated Alumni to Help Govern Harvard | 4/23/1998 | See Source »

...Beating Princeton was worth missing the SeniorSoiree," said Franzese, who was unable to attendSaturday's formal because of a late arrival fromPrinceton. "I wouldn't trade it for anything...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Softball Sweeps Princeton | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

Mitchell's role as head of the settlement talks was played without formal authority, only the respect he earned from all the parties. Working without pay, he juggled peacemaking with his regular job as a Washington lawyer, while navigating family crises, including his brother's death, his wife's miscarriage and the birth of their first child in October. After the pact was finalized, there was another area of agreement--for what Blair called the "infinite patience and kindness" of Mitchell. Clinton said Mitchell was "brilliant," while maintaining modestly that he himself just "did what I was asked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: With Help From Their Friends | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

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