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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...eliminated recruiting trips to some colleges we visited in the past, but kept Harvard on our schedule because of its academic reputation, and because we are pleased with the quality of people we've gotten from here in the past," said James T. Willie, a recruiter for Teach For America, a service which trains college graduates to teach in embattled public schools around the country...

Author: By John L. Johnson, | Title: Firms Attend Career Forum | 10/12/1991 | See Source »

...good shows. But no matter what, they are real. A bad show may be the result of fatigue, or perhaps the band members just aren't in sync, but they always come out and give it a shot. So, after six shows in a week, I've gotten my fix...at least for the time being. Jerry Garcia Band tickets went on sale Saturday. I've already bought mine...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: Some Reflections On The Dead. Live, That Is. | 10/5/1991 | See Source »

Suburbs, in their endless drive for autonomy (read "privilege"), especially over the consumption of public goods, have wanted, and gotten, it all. Good schools, good roads, good police, good parks, good hospitals, good golf courses. No one could stop them. No one was in a position to say, "No." Every city, every suburb, every village is independent, and unaccountable to the whole...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Escape | 9/30/1991 | See Source »

Although the search committee met in late spring and summer to evaluate first-year advising and experiences, Jewett says, the search for a new dean has not gotten underway yet. He estimates the search committee will reach a decision by February...

Author: By Michele F. Forman, | Title: The FIRST Year for the First-YEAR Dean | 9/25/1991 | See Source »

Levine still seems astonished at how easy it was to get rich the ill-gotten way. All it took, he notes in flat but serviceable prose, was a tight ring of conspirators whose Wall Street jobs yielded confidential information about upcoming takeovers and other corporate news. Once armed with a tip, Levine dashed for the nearest pay phone to dictate orders to buy and sell stock to the manager of his secret Bahamas bank account. (When one offshore bank balked at carrying out such orders, Levine picked another out of the Nassau phone book.) "My God," he told himself after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bad Trades | 9/23/1991 | See Source »

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