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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other movie, we would hate young Will Hunting. His perfection would be nothing short of irritating and boring. Yet Harvard golden boy Matt Damon '92 sheds layer upon layers of complexity until finally we reach the core of his character near the movie's end. The film itself is nothing particularly exceptional. Director Gus Van Sant prefers a straight-up telling of the tale--there's little to distract you from the fable playing out on screen. --Soman S. Chainani...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevitas | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

Mahler wrote his third symphony in the summer of 1895 while he was on holiday from the Hamburg Opera. He composed this symphony of seven movements in a cabin near a lake at the edge of a field. In the one room cabin there was only enough space for a baby grand a desk, chairs and a stove for heat. This symphony reflects his change of setting; it doesn't follow the style of traditional symphonies as Mahler put things together as he chose without any attention to traditional movement form. After letting his first two symphonies stand without...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mahler Dazzles at BSO | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

...going to escape, Snipes says no, no he's not going to leave the scene of the second most ridiculously contrived escape scenario ever to be created, because surely there will be another plane crash or boat crash or bicycle crash or cow-tipping accident in the near future that will make his escape at this point seem a waste of time. Well, he winds up escaping, ending up in small-town America...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Memo to Movieland: `Marshals' Hard to Digest | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

Also, as the end of the college careers ofseniors Feaster, Basil, Seanor, Brandt and KarunGrossman draws near, the Crimson would likenothing better than to go out with the same effortand quality of play that has marked the IvyLeague's all-time winningest class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Preview | 3/12/1998 | See Source »

...Would you rather play in St. Louis if they open up a professional team since it is near your home town...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stanford's Folkl Busts Up Knee | 3/12/1998 | See Source »

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