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Characterizing the crowd at Dinosaur Jr.'s show is a bit problematic: on one hand, the girl selling CDs at the back of the room had the requisite face piercings and don't-mess-with-me attitude; on the other hand, the mosh pit was full of drunken frat-boy types in Abercrombie cords and button-down shirts. Although periodic stage-rushes interrupted the general quietude, the scrunchie-clad and turtlenecked coeds who surfed the crowd looked like something out of 90210-goes-to-Seattle. It was puzzling, to say the least...

Author: By Erika L. Guckenberger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Imitations of Grunge Immortaility | 11/14/1997 | See Source »

...still figures it to be a good transaction. Salomon, with clients from Boston to Bangkok and offices in 23 countries, has earned a solid reputation for its prowess in international finance. The 87-year-old firm also has a reputation as Wall Street's version of a frat-jock house. Its swaggering, foul-mouthed and lavishly rewarded traders epitomized the masters-of-the-universe Wall Street culture of the 1980s. That swagger was staggered by a government bond-trading scandal in 1991 from which the firm never really recovered. Needing to broaden its portfolio beyond bonds to stay competitive, Salomon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SANFORD WEILL: WALL STREET'S HIGHFLYER | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

...consistent refusal to crack down on problems that are frat related," Banard said...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder and Nicholas A. Nash, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Frat Known as 'Party House,' Ex-Pledge Says | 9/30/1997 | See Source »

...Frat Consequences

Author: By Richard M. Burnes and Heather F. Stone, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: MIT First-Year Dies at Beth Israel After Party | 9/30/1997 | See Source »

...There are the negatives of the frat, like drinking, and there are the positives of the frat which are the close relationships that those guys have," Campbell said...

Author: By Richard M. Burnes and Heather F. Stone, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: MIT First-Year Dies at Beth Israel After Party | 9/30/1997 | See Source »

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