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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...final ruling to lessen the assessed penalties came from a late-night election commission meeting that finished after 1 a.m. today...

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Elections May See Lowest Turnout | 12/7/2007 | See Source »

...come from countries where soccer is taken more seriously. Dudley players, on the other hand, say undergrads play more aggressively with them because they are strangers. Carneiro (valiantly) said he asked his reps if Dudley could spend the beginning of games meeting the undergraduate players, hoping this would lessen the violence. Props for the conflict mediation...although a few punches do make things more interesting...

Author: By Sophie M. Alexander, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Die-Hard Dedication | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...When you move out of Boston to Washington, it’s inevitable that the Harvard ties will lessen,” says Cannon, a former writer for the Atlantic and current White House Correspondent for the “National Journal...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns and Alexander B. Cohn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: MOVING THE ATLANTIC | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...round of midterms is over, and the refrain “Why didn’t I go to Stanford?” echoes louder in my head with each degree of wind chill. November is a grim month in Cambridge. Luckily, Harvard has developed an annual tradition to lessen my loathing for this frigid climate and the never-ending mountain of work. Yes, The Game will take place this weekend, that one instance where my classmates and I will unite to support our football team and experience what life would have been like at a real college. Countless shirts...

Author: By Madeline K.B. Ross, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In Literary Game, Yale Loses | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

...Would being caught in the act lessen Banksy's mystique? Certainly, his work now seems to depend on anonymity. Perhaps, in the future, he should leave the mask...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Banksy Unmasked? A Graffiti Mystery | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

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