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Some people just can’t stay away from a good time. Zachary A. Corker ’04, the student leader whose projects had a decidedly mischevious streak, will continue to hone his legacy, but now he’s in University Hall. Zach was one of the original brains behind the website HahvahdPahties.com, the original Mather Lather, and the “house war” that resulted in dead fish stuffed in Cabot House mailboxes. Now he’s a “special assistant for social programming” who will work with social...

Author: By Evan R. Johnson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FIFTEEN QUESTIONS: Arbiter of Fun | 10/7/2004 | See Source »

...settings and characters in The Sims 2, the game play retains some of the more annoying aspects of the original. It gets tedious making sure your Sims eat breakfast and use the toilet. I'd rather watch them stargaze or hone their operating skills on the new surgical dummy. And while it's realistic to have the Sims grow old and die, as they now do, that's no fun either. But maybe that's the idea: in The Sims 2, you can live out your wildest fantasies, but you still have to pay the bills--and meet the Grim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Weird and Wonderful | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

...Some [businesses] hone in on the expense side, while others realize the added income potential,” he wrote. “Almost every Harvard ID student carries a balance on Crimson Cash to do laundry, make copies...and businesses get passer-by impulse buying from people who have no reason to carry much cash, or use another card...

Author: By Joseph M. Tartakoff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Specialty Store Offers Discounts to Carded Harvard Students | 9/22/2004 | See Source »

Mazza will be able to provide another talented target for Fitzpatrick, should opponents start to hone in on Edwards...

Author: By Lisa Kennelly, Timothy J. Mcginn, and Alex Mcphillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Holy Trinity | 9/17/2004 | See Source »

...They need to be encouraged in a different way," he says. "They definitely like positive feedback. I don't know if the males are too fussed if they get positive feedback, but I think the girls thrive on it. Getting them in their own environment together, you can obviously hone your skills in communicating to them a lot more effectively." Female swimmers also require "a different type of motivation," he says. "You can't get into their ears and start pumping them up like footy players. They need to have a purpose, they need to work towards something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sisterhood of Champions | 8/25/2004 | See Source »

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