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...expected, money is a source of conflict; we need only look at the last semester for examples of what to look for in the future. When the University announced plans to eliminate its linguistics department, students and faculty members cried foul. And when Harvard announced plans to all but shut down its Semitic Museum, the act precipitated a flurry of criticism...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, | Title: Follow the Money | 2/2/1994 | See Source »

...know I've written stuff worse than that. I've said some crappy things about the men's basketball team in its 1-11 days (I once called one of its members the "Human Foul"). I've called the football team boring and bad. I've bashed strange substitutions on the women's soccer team. I've criticized people individually and collectively and I've stretched the truth...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: A Desultory Philippic | 1/26/1994 | See Source »

...second half, the Crimson extended its advantage by playing tough defense and by sinking foul shots. The team made 75.5 percent of its attempts from the charity stripe (34-45) in the game...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Crimson Completes Sweep of Green | 1/19/1994 | See Source »

Gammill hands the ball to the pitcher, a foul-mouthed, hard-sliding former Little Leaguer from Pasadena, Calif., who spits tobacco juice on the president's high heels...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: Toward a More Perfect League | 1/12/1994 | See Source »

...accompanying text says that the bears "represent art, society, government and history--all dead or dying in the foul, putrid, maggot-ridden, useless stench pool of the present...

Author: By Elizabeth T. Bangs, | Title: AN UNDERGRADUATE GUIDE TO Interior Decorating | 12/18/1993 | See Source »

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