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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...feels she's losing ground by standing still. "I guess I'd say I'm lower middle class," she says, even though when Mike is doing well with his windows, doors and siding business, their household income can hit about $60,000. "I didn't feel that way four years ago before I had Sam, when I was making the same amount of money. I thought I was doing pretty damn good. Now it's nothing to get excited about." Lori keeps the household books. "I'm an incredible bill payer," she says, "but a terrible saver." Last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DESPERATELY SEEKING LORI | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

First off, all sleeping has to take place on the balcony level. The lighting is even and the stage is raised above the ground level, so anything on the first floor is out of the question...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How to Sleep in Class | 10/12/1996 | See Source »

Lehigh did it both on the ground and in the air, as its balanced attack kept Princeton at bay for most of the second half...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dartmouth, Columbia Rule Gridiron | 10/10/1996 | See Source »

...live on the ground floor of Hollis South. My windows are conveniently placed between the Hollis Hall historic sign and the steps, where the likes of Emerson and Thoreau dropped cannonballs used to heat their rooms. Tour groups consider Hollis an excellent starting place for a Yard tour, and can be found dutifully listening to their guide, or staring into my room at all hours...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The View From Here | 10/10/1996 | See Source »

...stunned by the stupidity of my assumption. I recover to ask him if that means he favors Dole but he's still unmoved. "I don't buy cigarettes," he explains, "I just bum 'em off friends. I'm trying to cut down, actually." He shakes his head at the ground, tossing his wild hair back and forth. "I've got to run track in the spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Politics of Pot | 10/9/1996 | See Source »

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