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...caused famine that killed millions by demanding grain quotas larger than nation's total crop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: But Yeltsin Only Purges After He Drinks | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...rankings played a bit of a role," said first-year law student Bruce W. Hickey, "But you take these things with a grain of salt. They're trying to make distinctions that you can't capture numerically in terms of overall assessments of an institution...

Author: By Robin M. Wasserman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Tops Annual U.S. News Grad School Rankings | 3/22/1999 | See Source »

...Tobin's "hint of sexual harassment," this too should be taken with a grain of salt. Creating a hostile environment with lewd or suggestive comments is one thing. Two consenting adults having a secret affair outside of the office is different. So long as Lewinsky did not feel compelled to have a relationship with the president and did not receive special privilege over other female workers in matters relating to the office because of the relationship, a claim of sexual harassment is ridiculous. It is a matter of internal politics, not a matter of discrimination and public concern...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 3/12/1999 | See Source »

...rankings played a bit of a role," said first-year law student Bruce W. Hickey, "But you take these things with a grain of salt. They're trying to make distinctions that you can't capture numerically in terms of overall assessments of an institution...

Author: By Robin M. Wasserman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Tops U.S. News Grad. School Rankings | 3/2/1999 | See Source »

Development officials maintain that the tower'scompletion does not "go against the grain of whatare clearly well-defined [Campaign] priorities,"said Roger P. Cheever '67, associate dean fordevelopment...

Author: By Jason M. Goins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Memorial Hall To Be Topped By New Tower | 2/17/1999 | See Source »

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