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...usually just a matter of whether or not you go. Believe it or not, University President Neil L. Rudenstine has them too, but shaking paws with the big man can be a bit more challenging than a quick run to Loker Commons to chat up your latte-loving Lit and Arts...

Author: By A.m. Taub, | Title: Presidential Office Hours | 4/8/1999 | See Source »

...first thought was, Who on earth lit the fire under the San Diego Chicken's tailfeathers...

Author: By Richard B. Tenorio, | Title: Charlie Hustle Gets A Body-Slam | 4/7/1999 | See Source »

...took control of the puck in the after the first 10 minutes and claimed the lead with two power-play goals of its own. Senior defenseman Nicki Luongo found the back of the net on a slapshot at 9:57 of the first and Heitzman lit the lamp four minutes later...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: W. Hockey Beats UNH in OT For Championship | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

Finally, all that changed. On March 16, 1926, Goddard finished building a spindly, 10-ft. rocket he dubbed Nell, loaded it into an open car and trundled it out to his aunt Effie's nearby farm. He set up the missile in a field, then summoned an assistant, who lit its fuse with a blowtorch attached to a long stick. For an instant the rocket did nothing at all, then suddenly it leaped from the ground and screamed into the sky at 60 m.p.h. Climbing to an altitude of 41 ft., it arced over, plummeted earthward and slammed into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rocket Scientist ROBERT GODDARD | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

Morris A. Grant of Somerville gripped his cane tightly as the sun lit up his 68-year-old face underneath a bus stop's glass cabana in Central Square last Saturday. He took a deep breath and leaned back as his No. 47 bus arrived, and zoomed off without him on board...

Author: By Christopher C. Pappas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reporter's Notebook | 3/24/1999 | See Source »

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