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...Fourteen suspects were already in custody for the crime, so Chapa astonished the journalists with his final charge. The former President's brother Raul, he said, had ``co-authored'' the crime with another politician, who had previously been identified as the sole mastermind of the killing. The charges were doubly shocking given the personal links between the two: Raul's sister was once married to Ruiz Massieu and Raul is godfather to the couple's daughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SPREADING SCANDAL | 3/13/1995 | See Source »

...flawed premise, Lat criticizes the high schoolers for demonstrating "a woeful lack of knowledge," standing for platitudes, and arguing "a poor excuse for a case." Apparently, Lat has forgotten what it is like to be a nervous, inexperienced fourteen year-old from a random American high school, debating at the mythical Harvard University in front of mythical Harvard students. These debaters do not have the eight years of debating experience that Lat has; indeed the Harvard tournament brings many schools that only have the money for one or two tournaments a year, and thus, their students may not have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lat Misses Point Of Sex Education | 3/3/1995 | See Source »

...despite the statistics, and despite thesanguinity displayed by many Harvard and Radcliffeadministrators, sizable obstacles remain for manywomen in groups on campus. Organizations like theUndergraduate Council, which, after fourteen yearsof existence, has yet to boast a female Chair,demonstrate that the problems facing women oncampus are not merely a thing of the past. And asthe following stories illustrate, even where womenhave achieved success, there can be no denyingtheir frustrations and dilemmas...

Author: By Hallie Z. Levine, | Title: WOMEN ON TOP | 2/23/1995 | See Source »

...stage is set, and the divine vehicle arrives--a shiny red Saab convertible. The deity's muses, those fourteen drag queens, surround the Saab like the presidential Secret Service. We await for Catwoman's descent from the heavens...

Author: By Patrick S. Chung, | Title: The Rise and Fall of a Goddess | 2/16/1995 | See Source »

...from her balcony as she throws a sprig of oregano down to welcome the soldati back home.) Bank managers at Cambridge Savings stick their heads out of their windows and cheer fervently. Ticker-tape in red, white and blue lands on our faces and on the faces of the fourteen Secret Service drag queens. As the band blares a triumphant rendition of "Ten Thousand Men of Harvard," I almost break down in tears. I am part of it: the descent to earth of the deity Michelle Pfeiffer...

Author: By Patrick S. Chung, | Title: The Rise and Fall of a Goddess | 2/16/1995 | See Source »

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