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The rest of their story comes straight out of a medieval courtship handbook, minus the dowry that my mother's family could not afford. Boy admires girl from afar (in my parents' case, this phase lasts exactly one evening). Boy asks around the village about girl's reputation, intelligence, domestic...

Author: By Georgia N. Alexakis, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Sealed with a Kiss | 4/20/2000 | See Source »

Speaking in English, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe does a credible job of sounding conciliatory, but addressing his supporters in his native tongue he comes across a little like Slobodan Milosevic. As the standoff between the country's handful of white farmers and the pro-Mugabe squatters who've occupied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Zimbabwe, a President With a Forked Tongue | 4/18/2000 | See Source »

When, at the council's April 9 meeting, Burton made a joke about recruiting liberal students to run in special elections to balance a new member who is part of the Republican Club, a handful of more conservative council members shouted taunts from their seats.

Author: By David C. Newman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Everybody's a Critic | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

Despite having technically lost the match after being swept in the first four singles matches, freshman Lara Naqushbandi's performance was one of the handful of bright spots on the night. Naqushbandi made short work of the Tigers' Pryia Bhupathi in the No. 5 slot, defeating Bhupathi 7-6 and...

Author: By Jennie L. Sullivan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Tennis Splits on the Weekend | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

When initial searches on "Tolstoy," "Microsoft" and "love" proved fruitless, I decided to browse through the dozen or so category listings instead. But as I bounced from "education" to "entertainment" to "spirituality," I simply couldn't find a conversation that piqued my interest, except as a voyeur. Perhaps that's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Talkin' to Me? | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

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