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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...place for low-income folks who can't afford to go to Martha's Vineyard to go," he said. "It meant a lot for me to see if we could make a difference in the environment [where they live...

Author: By Kiratiana E. Freelon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rep. Barrios Gets Results In Brief House Term | 12/8/1999 | See Source »

Standards among America's public schools have been pushed relentlessly - some say unrealistically - upward in recent years, fueled by parent frustration over their children's poor performance and administrators' embarrassment over their schools' reputations. But while higher standards are an admirable goal, they can hurt the students they were meant to help. "There's an argument to be made that the bar has been raised too high, too quickly," says TIME writer Jodie Morse. "And although nothing excuses cheating by teachers, we have a responsibility to look into what kind of pressure they're under to have their students improve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NYC Schools Get an A Plus in Duplicity | 12/8/1999 | See Source »

...This is a wonderful community that has meant a lot to me," Shapiro said. "One of my goals is to let it mean that much to as many people as possible...

Author: By Eugenia V. Levenson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dramatic Club Elects New Executive Board | 12/7/1999 | See Source »

...fervent belief that each Harvard woman should have the opportunity to see four celebrations. That meant we had to work overtime, since the celebration was canceled last year," he said...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Poet Wins BMF Woman of the Year | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...Coalition. Taking a swipe at U.S. Senate candidate Hillary Clinton, the TV spot shows Mrs. Clinton, on a recent trip to the West Bank, listening blank-faced to provocative anti-Israeli comments by Mrs. Arafat and then pecking her on the cheek. It's clear what the viewer is meant to think: Yech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Suha Arafat: Who Can Control The Wife? | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

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