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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would have thought she had pulled a .357 Magnum. Some girls confronted her about the "incident," and an exasperated Locke made the same dumb threatening gesture to them. The next school day, she was met by a police officer, who read Miranda rights to her (but didn't arrest her). Then she was expelled. "It's not happening," she thought. Locke's parents got involved, and she returned after a four-day suspension...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Columbine Effect | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...recreational use of Scotchguard. There were also a surprising number of 30- and 40-somethings, most of who were singing along with the college-age masses. The enthusiastic audience filled the normally calm theater to cramped standing room, inspiring the band to attempt their P-Funk-parodic magnum opus. "Okay, this hasn't worked for the last six nights," Gene told the crowd, "But if we all concentrate really hard I bet we can get the Poop Ship to descend on Butt-F**k, Mass., or wherever we are." The next 15 minutes could only be described as a paean...

Author: By Taylor R. Terry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Concert Review: Ween -- That's Entertainment | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

...Michael Mann's The Insider is an epic-sized film based on the "60 Minutes" tobacco scandal of a few years ago; Mann succeeds in distilling a very convoluted and controversial story into a relatively taut two hours. However, his magnum opus is not without flaws and plays like an uncompleted character study, a film that stops just short of greatness...

Author: By Rheanna Bates, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Where There's Smoke | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

Fairchild Professor of Law Andrew L. Kaufman took more than 40 years to complete his magnum opus on former Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Law Professor Kaufman Wins Scribes Book Award | 8/6/1999 | See Source »

Fairchild Professor of Law Andrew L. Kaufman took more than 40 years to complete his magnum opus on former Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Law Prof's Book Selected As Best Law Book of 1999 | 8/6/1999 | See Source »

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