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...above mentioned staff, having been given the ingredients, turned them into a small gem of a museum with an international reputation. How could a few Harvard administrators naively not do their own research and fact finding? It is never too late. Girls' Latin School...

Author: By Mildred FREEDMAN Freeman, | Title: The Semitic Museum Debate Continues | 1/7/1994 | See Source »

Kirkland offered us a multicultural reason for political support: "Help me...Mein Schnitzel ist caught in meine Lederhosen. Ouch! Dairo Enrique Moreno for U.C." Mr. Moreno came through with another gem of a poster: "Vote Randomly." Truly this may be the best advice given in this campaign...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Campaign Poster Trail | 10/9/1993 | See Source »

...thesis apart from a general sense of disgust, so why did you change the subtitle from "Rantings of a `90s Feminist" to "Sex, Fear, and Feminism on Campus"? The second title seems to imply that you have one coherent idea that you flesh out, and I think your little gem should be called what it is: a collection of brilliant and pithy aphorisms. Why limit yourself? You know, in these situations, I always try to appelle un chat un chat...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Katie Roiphe and Her Neverending Polemic | 10/7/1993 | See Source »

...second set included a sweet "Box of Rain," featuring some of the tightest four-part harmonies heard in recent memory as well as an excellent lead vocal by the seldom-heard bassist Phil Lesh. Another late gem was a soft, gentle version of "Black Peter...

Author: By Edward MULKERIN Iii, | Title: Dead Again | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

...expertise on foreign affairs seems limited to an in-depth knowledge of the Mexican "job-sucking" worker. Perot's main contribution on foreign policy was this gem in one of last year's presidential debates: "China is a large country with many provinces." Undeniably true, but even the domestically-oriented Clinton managed more insight...

Author: By David L. Bosco, | Title: Perot and the Deficit Doves | 9/22/1993 | See Source »

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