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...meeting a council representative mentioned what a brilliant grass roots campaign the council had run when it polled students concerning a band for Springfest. Indeed that was admirable. Yet, with a student body of only 6,400 people, all living within a few mile radius, every council decision that has a large impact on the Harvard community should involve some kind of grass roots campaigning. Let the "$40,000 Question" referendum be a beginning, not another act in isolation...

Author: By Lauren E. Baer, | Title: A Disillusioned Constituent Speaks | 2/16/1999 | See Source »

...grass. The dirt. The roar of the crowd. The pigskin sailing through the air from one sweaty hand to an even sweatier crook of the arm. The sweet smell of victory. The bitter agony of defeat. Yep, these cliches are the staple elements of a football formula flick...

Author: By Judy P. Tsai, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Winter Round-Up | 2/12/1999 | See Source »

...point of view, the set of new genes--which others have dubbed Terminator--is a perfectly legitimate way to protect their intellectual-property rights. Not everybody agrees. And in the 10 months since the patent for the seed-sterilizing technology was issued, Terminator has become the focus of a grass-roots protest that is spreading through the Internet like, well, wildfire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Suicide Seeds | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

...have a friend that accidentally boughtsuper-grass--marijuana coated with PCP," she says,adding that her group uses its outreach to informstudents of these dangers...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Zuckerman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Harvard's High Achievers | 1/25/1999 | See Source »

...choirs that sing of baseball can get pretty moist--green grass, beautiful proportions, fathers playing catch with sons--sometimes you'd think we were talking about brotherhood, God and Mom and not some game played with a stick and a ball. More bad sentences have been committed in its name than in that of every other sport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mark McGwire': A Mac For All Seasons | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

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