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Upon arriving at campus, many have simply continued using the program out of habit. Some first-years say they are not aware of the existence of Pine—which has been the dominant program at Harvard for years...

Author: By Nathaniel A. Smith, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: First-Years Flock to Webmail | 10/9/2002 | See Source »

...meanings say that whoever left the card at the crime scene probably doesn't know much about tarot or how to read cards. The death card doesn't actually signal or predict death; it's a sign of transition or change - a "death," as it were, of a previous habit or way of life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Things We Know About the D.C.-Area Sniper | 10/8/2002 | See Source »

...doesn't help that Rove has the habit of fueling speculation that the White House is wagging the dog. In January he suggested that the war on terror created a political advantage because Americans "trust the Republican Party to do a better job of protecting and strengthening America's military might and thereby protecting America." In June a misplaced diskette containing one of Rove's private PowerPoint presentations included advice to candidates to "focus on the war" in their fall campaigns. When friends ask whether Bush really plans to invade Iraq, Rove has been known to reply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: General Karl Rove, Reporting for Duty | 10/7/2002 | See Source »

...seems that the current council administration, unlike the communicative and energetic group led by Paul A. Gusmorino ’02, has a bad habit of leaving negotiations and agreements involving the administration to the last minute. In the future, council leaders must be sure to plan events well ahead of time—and they should be absolutely sure that they and the administration see eye-to-eye. Simple communication is all it takes to prevent these ridiculous mishaps from happening again...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Communication Failure, Again | 10/3/2002 | See Source »

...DIED. ANGELO BUONO JR., 67, serial killer whose habit of dumping his female victims' nude bodies on hillsides near his suburban Los Angeles home earned him the nickname "Hillside Strangler"; at Calipatria State Prison in Sacramento. Convicted in 1983 of murdering nine young women in 1977 and 1978, Buono was serving a life sentence without parole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

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