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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After all, Thanksgiving is one of the few secular holidays that all Americans can share. The real history of Thanksgiving may differ from what we learned in fourth grade as we cut out construction paper Turkeys and learned about Squanto and the Pilgrims, but this is beside the point. The spirit of Thanksgiving is now embedded in our national consciousness as firmly as is the Fourth of July. It is a time for togetherness, for family and above all, for thankfulness, for our friends, our family and our food...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: A Time to Give Thanks | 11/24/1999 | See Source »

...retired last year from his job as a public school administrator in Wappingers Falls, N.Y., he took some computer classes at a local college, brushed up on his cooking skills at the Culinary Institute of America and began golfing more regularly with friends. His wife Marge, 55, a fifth-grade teacher, won't be eligible to retire until next June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Half-Retired | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...went for his first audition at 15 to chase a girl, Amy, who was sweet on his older brother. Hoffman grew up in suburban Rochester, N.Y., a baseball jock who often attended regional-theater productions with his mother. "When I was in, like, seventh grade, I saw Robert Downey Jr. in Alms for the Middle Class," he recalls. "I loved it. Loved it." High school acting led to drama school at New York University, off-Broadway theater and, finally, Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing the Margins | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...with opera and choral styles in her rendition of "Gloria." The adaptation of guitar to fit the organ's instrumentation provides an updated feel to this variation of Bach's B-minor Mass. The crux of this album is "Gospel Medley." The word "medley" may evokes memories of 5th grade chorus, but this listener was pleasantly surprised to hear the interwoven melodies of the traditional standard "Go Tell it on a Mountain," Jewel's own "Life Uncommon" (from Spirit) and Bette Midler's "From a Distance." Jewel's folk melodies and powerful vocals have always had an underlying spiritual feel...

Author: By Kelley E. Morrell, | Title: Album Review: Joy--A Holiday Collection by Jewel | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

...couldn't play until seventh grade," Natale said, "but I always knew I wanted...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: One Last Defensive Hurrah | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

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