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While most of Harvard's interests do enjoybipartisan support, even those issues that aremore controversial passed without a hitch lastterm, according to Director of Federal RelationsNan F. Nixon, Harvard's chief lobbyist inWashington...

Author: By Robert K. Silverman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Elections Won't Affect Harvard | 11/5/1998 | See Source »

...American Honey Princess Sarah Paulson, and "Gary the Silent Clown." A place where adolescent girls lead their miniature horses through miniature obstacles, where pygmy goats get equal billing with Canadian-style oxen-pulling (a 12 foot, 3,000 pound free-for-all), and where a Coors Belgium 6-Horse Hitch isn't just some bizarre finals club ritual...

Author: By Richard D. Ma, | Title: Party 'Til The Cows Come Home | 10/8/1998 | See Source »

Meanwhile, index funds--the bane of active managers--continue to dazzle. Their weak spot was supposed to be a down market. But when the market tumbled in August, the index funds held up better than most. Which tells you that if you can hitch your wagon to a star, big-bet funds are worth it. Failing that, though, better just to stick your money in an index fund and let it ride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Bet Investing | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

Everyone knows everyone else in Jasper. Byrd may have been invited to hitch a ride by one suspect, the truck's owner, Shawn Allen Berry, 23, with whom he shared a parole officer. (Byrd had served time for theft and forgery, Berry for burglary.) The Byrd and King families have been in Jasper for generations. A member of Byrd's extended family had worked as a babysitter for a relative of King's. And yet, if what Berry told police is accurate, his friend King was openly hostile to Byrd and, while beating him, allegedly said he was "starting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beneath The Surface | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

...conditions, flash use and other variables in addition to basics like date and picture number. In theory, these data allow photo processors to alter pictures after the fact when used in APS cameras that are "ix" (information exchange) models. These cameras cost more than $100, often much more. Another hitch: not all APS film processors have the right equipment to take advantage of that info...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dual Focus In Cameras | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

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