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...spectator is quick to add that she's quite strict about exactly what situations are observable, and which must be left unseen. "Some things are absolutely intriguing--for example, watching people put on make-up or admire themselves in the mirror. But I don't want to watch people making out." Of course, this isn't a particularly frequent occupational hazard, but even at Harvard, people do hook up, (all too often right in front of their windows.) "Exposed flesh is just out. I'm not a pervert. It's more like an anthropological study." She mentions that...

Author: By Penelope A. Carter, | Title: HERE'S LOOKIN' AT YOU KID! | 4/9/1998 | See Source »

Umpiring behind the plate is even harder, because your mind begins to play tricks on you. You begin to root for balls and strikes, your strike zone shifts arbitrarily by batter, or even by pitch, and you start to make make-up calls, and then make-up make-up calls. One time I got caught dozing and a kid walloped a ball 250 feet. I looked up to see it tailing rapidly, about 15 feet above the left field foul pole. I suppose some folks would have called it a three-run homer, but I just called it a foul...

Author: By Jim Cocola, | Title: Why I Ump | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

...must place a moratorium on the Holmes Realty Trust proposal in order to honestly examine the ramifications it will have on the make-up of our city. Dismantling our communities' cultures, traditions and heritage for the sake of upscale development is not progress, nor does it contribute to the economic solvency of the citizens of Cambridge. It only serves to change the demographics of the city and to enhance the material prospects of a select few. LAURIE TAYMOR-BERRY March...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Holmes Realty Project Detrimental to Cambridge | 4/1/1998 | See Source »

After a few minutes, I soon met my co-contestants, went through make-up and, after many comments on my resemblance to actor Peter Gallagher, walked onto the set. I was immediately assailed by the art-deco-neon-overload-meets-industrial-constructi on set, complete with a live band, stacks of old books as props, local stand-up comic Greg Fitzsimmons as host, two attractive brunette "hostesses" (Heather and Shonda) in tight pastel blue outfits and a giant brain sitting in the center of the set. "`Jeopardy' on acid," I thought...

Author: By Murad S. Hussain, | Title: Who's the Idiot Now? | 2/26/1998 | See Source »

Although "of course" he shared their concerns,Campbell said he "was not going to set aside theelection just because of the racial make...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BGLTSA Vice Chair Impeached By Board | 2/24/1998 | See Source »

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