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Despite the dismal final score, junior Darin Shearer picked up right where he left off last week. Shearer (2:27.96), who is a Crimson editor, continues to impress in the 1000 meter, clocking in at a full two seconds of his closest competitor...
Washington has been urging Arafat to condemn the terrorism, impress upon his own people how much these actions hurt their cause, and take vigorous steps against the perpetrators. Officials think he is making progress, though not fast or firmly enough. President Clinton froze the U.S. assets of 12 Middle East extremist groups, including the Islamic Jihad group that claimed responsibility for Beit Lid, and its larger cousin, the Gaza-based Hamas. Washington had no illusion that this would matter much; the work of the militants does not cost a lot, and Iran, their chief bankroller, is happy to make...
...Miami Rhapsody," isn't a movie you should run to see if you're dying for an evening of intellectual angst, emotional turmoil or even a reference worth remembering to impress fellow cocktail party minglers. But, this season's feel-good romantic comedy will soothe your shopping-period fried neurons with a quick fix of romantic revelry...
Sensitive youth seeks sensible woman. Object: talk, talk, talk Can anything be more annoying than the prattle of an insensitive guy trying to impress a woman? Yes: the prattle of a sensitive guy. Surely you've overheard this banter in parks and restaurants. The fellow pontificates on the mystery of love, quotes from the Lake poets, shares the most fragile intimacies. And lurking inside his earnestness is this tacit question: "So-now that I've proved what a refined soul I am-can we have...
...have all seen the type in high school who prefers to impress the ladies with his athletic prowess than to demonstrate his ability in solving quadratic equations. Indeed, as the authors of the recent book Learning Together: a History of Coeducation in American Schools observed, sports programs were grafted onto public secondary institutions in the late eighteenth century precisely to correct the perceived attack on boys' virility that coeducation had introduced. Many Harvard men view the presence of women in the same way, retreating to the football field or a final club to prove their masculinity...