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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with the river and harbor much cleaner, storm drain pollution is the main source of pollution in the Charles River, she said. As a result, activists are trying to get residents involved in the movement...

Author: By Marla B. Kaplan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cambridge Student Stencils Messages on Drains to Save Environment | 10/20/1999 | See Source »

Donoghue said he was attracted to Yale because he will be able to play an important role in the department's development. The EEB branched off of Yale's main biology department two years ago as part of an effort to "make Yale a leader in Environmental and Evolutionary Sciences," according to the EEB Web site...

Author: By Eugenia V. Levenson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Herbaria Head Leaves Tenured Position for Yale | 10/20/1999 | See Source »

...main targets on the day were freshman Kendal Creer and senior Gerry McDermott, who made 14 and 11 receptions for 171and 142 yards, respectively...

Author: By Richard A. Perez, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Paradise Almost Lost | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...furious over the government's plan to lower France's legal workweek to 35 hrs. from 39. From a central stage lighted up like a boxing ring, speaker after speaker denounced the legislation as "retrograde," "idiotic" and "criminal." "This law is antieconomic," thundered Ernest-Andre Seilliere, head of the main employers association. "Nobody can make more by working less!" Truer to form, the Confederation Generale du Travail, one of the country's largest labor unions, was leading tens of thousands of workers in protest marches across the country, demanding that the law even mandate the hiring of new workers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: French Revolution | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...from their home in Seattle to Corfu, and with the cost of food and lodging at the work camp only $125 a person, the Kraussers spent less than $1,000 for their two weeks. The Greek group leader often sauteed calamari for a treat at lunch, which was the main meal, and the seven other campers, all in their 20s and from Holland, France, Crete and Britain, shared recipes. Everyone ate together at a large table under a shade tree in front of the little school. When the Kraussers weren't wearing shorts and T shirts, they were in swimsuits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Lend a Helping Hand | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

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