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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...loud that a conversation of normal volume cannot take place. In fact, this is one of the best aspects of Clark's--unlike many other bars, it can be a venue for either conversation or people-watching. If neither of these activities suits you, the numerous TV screens offer silent entertainment; for those stuck watching TV, the variety of beers on tap should soothe the pain. The only reason not to pay Clark's a visit would be an aversion to either train stations or ABBA...

Author: By Inie Park, | Title: A Better Glass of Beer | 3/5/1998 | See Source »

Diversity is a laudable goal when understood correctly--when the idea is to bring together people with varying points of view. This definition is based on ideology and not on superficial characteristics which can be checked off on an application. Harvard applicants should be judged as individuals who can offer varying talents to the community rather than as quota fillers...

Author: By Melissa ROSE Langsam, | Title: Judge as Individuals | 3/3/1998 | See Source »

HERS-2, according to Becella, will ultimatelyprovide many of the same services, so theRegistrar Online will offer grades and courseschedules to students while Nevo finishes the morecomprehensive system...

Author: By Andrew K. Mandel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Antique No More: Registrar Revamps Technology | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

...into the earlier generation of technology are stuck," says Cuban. "The capital investment in desktops makes it difficult to buy this new thing called laptops." Harvard's Martha Stone Wiske suggests that schools purchase "a rolling cart of 10 or 15 laptops," rather than one for every student, and offer them to different classes when teachers develop lessons that can incorporate the machines. That way, Wiske says, schools can both save cash and maximize the effectiveness of laptops--by making the computers subordinate to what the computers are used to teach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning By Laptop | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

...York Rangers' new coach, John Muckler, 63, is an old NHL hand, yet, when reporters asked him about one of his more enigmatic young stars, his reply--"I don't know Alexei Kovalev from a bale of hay"--seemed cockamamie. So, to be helpful, we hereby offer the following guidance to the Stanley Cup-winning coach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 2, 1998 | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

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