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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...screen persona (what this implies about our judgment of people and stars is somewhat disturbing). Unfortunately, Johnson's acting skills aren't quite up to par (Tin Cup...never mind): his comic timing stinks and sinks one scene after another, not disastrously, since his character's smoothness is meant to fall short of his lust...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Back to Black | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...decided to take the bus again--that meant heading for Davis Square, where I could pick up the trusty ol' 96er again. Unfortunately for me, I was out of money. At this point in the day, as the afternoon wore to dusk, I wasn't nervous but felt that I could use a donut. I knew they were waiting for me back in Leverett, and I suppose it was the promise of these that perked me up a little. "I need to find 60 cents, however, if I'm ever going to get back to that promised land," I thought...

Author: By T.j. Kelleher, | Title: Four Dollars and Change | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

These contributed 25 percent of the survey date in the general harassment category in 1997. Shannon said funding cuts meant schools did not report any data this year...

Author: By Edward B. Colby, CONTRIBUTING WRITTER | Title: Survey: Violence Against Gays May Have Risen | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

Once upon a time, being a tenured professor at Harvard meant being set for life. An established Faculty member could count on a long career of teaching and research at the nation's pre-eminent institution and a salary that led the pack...

Author: By Jason M. Goins and Rosalind S. Helderman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: The Graying of theFaculty | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

...exemption to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act enjoyed by colleges and universities ran out at the end of 1993. No longer able to politely inform professors they were expected to retire by age 70, tenure now truly meant a job for life...

Author: By Jason M. Goins and Rosalind S. Helderman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: The Graying of theFaculty | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

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