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...Flamme, which has existed under a variety of names for more than 100 years, presents a microcosm of the male hair-cutting experience. Female students, unfortunately, contend with fewer local options...

Author: By Paul K. Nitze, | Title: La Flamme: A Cut Above | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

...unmistakable. High school seniors sporting their letter-jackets huddle in a tight bunch. Safety in numbers, this is the herd mentality at its best. Shepherding this wayward group of timid visitors is a vibrant, artificially happy member of the Crimson Key Society. Like people following the chosen one, this microcosm of adolescent fear and dreams migrates across campus to the call of its leader...

Author: By Christopher M. Kirchhoff, | Title: More Than Three Lies | 3/31/1998 | See Source »

According to Lewis, Lowell is not just a "diverse" House--oh no, Lowell is a "very diverse" House. But Lowell is no more diverse than any other House. Lewis himself saw to this when he began randomization, with the intent to make each house a diverse microcosm of the diverse College...

Author: By Thomas B. Cotton, | Title: Defining Diversity Down | 3/18/1998 | See Source »

Schnur's study group will focus on the social and cultural trends of California politics, including tax cuts and environmental issues, and will attempt to demonstrate that California serves as a microcosm for the rest of the country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Institute of Politics Begins Study Group Series | 2/13/1998 | See Source »

...Deer is a vortex of dysfunction, its geographic isolation breeding a sense of year-round cabin fever. Fretful, jumpy and deeply divided between new-money urban refugees playing cowboy and no-money long-time residents living off resentment and odd jobs, Blue Deer is also the "New West" in microcosm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lost Horizons: A good mystery from a series on the badlands | 2/9/1998 | See Source »

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