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...Harvard has already begun to confront those issues," Turner says. "Harvard has recognized its problems, major difficulties generic to great research institutions...

Author: By Natasha H. Leland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: After Six Years of Thinking About Money, Schmidt Quits | 6/1/1992 | See Source »

...retail segment that has been growing about 10% annually. It will take world-class contenders like these to unseat the defending champion, Quaker Oats Co.'s Gatorade, which accounts for some 90% of nationwide sales. , Like Kleenex in the tissue market and Xerox among copiers, Gatorade has become the generic word for sports drinks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Thirst for Competition | 6/1/1992 | See Source »

...writer remembers the model search posters well. There was a "tall, slim, decidedly caucasian-looking female," which she believed typified "western standards of beauty." The logo was a simple sketch of a generic women in a dress. She didn't even have distinct facial features, which just goes to show what you see when you are so obviously looking for something more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AAA Fashion Show for Everyone | 4/13/1992 | See Source »

Born in India into a British army family from Northern Ireland, Ashdown acquired his generic Irishman's nickname at a boarding school in England. When his father failed as a pig farmer in retirement, Ashdown enlisted in the Royal Marines, took officer training and satisfied his thirst for adventure by joining the highly respected Special Boat Service commandos. After a decade of frontline service, he spent two years learning fluent Chinese and soaking up Chinese history -- prompting suspicions that he engaged in intelligence. In 1971 he resigned with the rank of captain, entered the foreign service and was posted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain Invitations to the Dance | 4/6/1992 | See Source »

Actually, Kyzyl is hardly generic. Its Claim to fame is a phallic object commemorating its position as the geographic center of Asia. (Only it isn't; the center is now a couple of miles downstream May be the U.S. had some master plan to blast those crucial points...

Author: By Natasha H. Leland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Exotic but Sad Siberia | 3/2/1992 | See Source »

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