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...Vicky has dark hair, with bangs that run to her eyebrows. Her face swings with her moods, from glee to disdain, from fatigue to excitement. She usually grins broadly but rolls her eyes and sighs when you forget your ID and beg her to punch in your number. When Vicky is rested, she looks young and jokes with you. When she's tired, her eyes puff up and she complains about almost anything. Her daughter, Katerina, who's nine, has the same dark hair, expressive face and uninhibited demeanor. "I was the same as her growing up," Vicky said, "okay...

Author: By Timothy L. Warren, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: At Work, At Home With Vicky | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...sizzling sauces, sauteed entrees and crackling oil. Although such traditional patterns do add to the lifespan of any uniform, they also connote a certain type of old-school chef network that many younger chefs wish to move away from. In their quest to be recognized as hip, a number of new chefs on the block have recently shifted their fashion tastes to encompass trendier pant patterns. The red hot chili peppers, rainbow fish and scarlet lobsters dotting the legs of these fledglings add a certain air of panache to the chefs' images as well as their cuisine...

Author: By A. B. Osceola, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Chef Pants | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...season has been a strange one for the Harvard football team. After two wins to open the season, the team dropped consecutive contests in heartbreaking fashion to Colgate and Cornell. They rebounded strongly, winning their next three games before falling to the Brown University Bears--the team ranked number one by most Ivy League preseason polls--to all but mathematically assure the team of a finish short of the championship. Their fate was sealed last Saturday with another tough loss, this one at the hands of the Pennsylvania Quakers...

Author: By Aaron R. Cohen, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Harvard-Yale Football: Who Cares | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...away game--and definitely looks forward to Harvard-Yale for its own reasons. "The night before," he explains, "we go to New York City and perform a concert for the alumni at the Harvard Club." During that show, traditionally President Rudenstine comes over to the stage and conducts a number...

Author: By Aaron R. Cohen, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Harvard-Yale Football: Who Cares | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

Gingrich resigned as speaker a year ago in the wake of embarrassing election results resulting in the Republican party losing a number of seats in the House...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Gingrich Meets Quietly With K-School Dean | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

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