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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Guts"--courses reputed to have either generous grading or slim workloads (or in the ideal case, both)--have been a hallmark of general requirements at Harvard since the very earliest years...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, | Title: Harvard's Academic Core Gets Once-Over | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

...occasional bent for theatrics); both have a sweetly teasing way with a melody. Cheatham's talk-singing on 10 of the 14 tunes may be an acquired taste. On the continuum of singing horn players, he's probably closer to Dizzy Gillespie than to Armstrong, but listeners with generous ears will be charmed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: FRESH HEIRS | 6/2/1997 | See Source »

INDIANAPOLIS: Two rain delays, 11 caution flags, and a generous helping of crashes after its scheduled Sunday start, the 81st Indianapolis 500 is finally over. And despite all the chaos, this year's winner was easy to spot. Arie Luyendyk led every practice session in which he ran this month, won the pole position, and was less than a second out of the lead on Monday when the race was stopped due to rain. Tuesday, the Flying Dutchman led for 62 of the race's 200 laps and took the lead for the final time when he drove past teammate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finally, a Dry Run at Indy | 5/27/1997 | See Source »

...occasional bent for theatrics); both have a sweetly teasing way with a melody. Cheatham?s talk-singing on 10 of the 14 tunes may be an acquired taste. On the continuum of singing horn players, he?s probably closer to Dizzy Gillespie than to Armstrong, but listeners with generous ears will be charmed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weekly Entertainment Guide | 5/23/1997 | See Source »

...designed by McKim, Mead & White. The library was the first major public building in the neo-Italian Renaissance style that was to become de rigueur in formal architecture. It expressed the praiseworthy idea that the citizen is the reason for the state; that public architecture should be generous, bold and finely built...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BEAUTY OF BIG | 5/21/1997 | See Source »

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