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Luckily, Harvard Square seems to have dodged the recent onslaught of identical chain book stores. The Square's bookstore owners know that Harvard's, shall we say, "intellectually motivated" clientele know their Tom Wolfe from their Thomas Wolfe, and usually choose Jack Kerouac over Jackie Collins...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Catering to Harvard Consumers | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

...Cambridge, the issue of the Commonwealth Day School's departure was anything but over. Fueled by an onslaught of media attention, city residents and local politicians were quick to point to the school's racial composition as evidence of a serious racial bias in the Brattle St. area...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Allegations of Racism Ignite Citywide Debate | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

MacAdams doesn't come close to making his case for Hecht as "the most influential writer in the history of American movies." The racy dialect and hard-eyed urban fables associated with Hecht were in Hollywood's vocabulary virtually from the onslaught of sound in 1927. But MacAdams brings gusto to tales of Hecht's early days as a ruthless reporter and to his later, angry crusade as a pioneer Zionist. MacAdams also has a great source: Hecht's brio- filled 1954 autobiography, A Child of the Century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: They Made the Pictures Talk | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

...Crimson did a good job of showing off its balanced attack. Senior Jennifer Walser and classmates Joslin and Karen Everling also threaded the UMass defense for scores, and freshman Rachel Schultz closed out the first half onslaught with 1:55 remaining...

Author: By Christopher Sanzone, | Title: Don't Blame It on The Rain; Laxwomen Crush UMass, 16-4 | 4/18/1990 | See Source »

Following a struggle to capture the first set, Cristina Dragomirescu and Jen Minkus blanked Quakers Genevieve Hacinthe and Monica Goldberg in the second stanza. After the match, the Penn players searched for solutions behind the onslaught...

Author: By Daniel L. Jacobowitz, | Title: Netwomen Shake and Bake Quakers; Drago Sparks 7-2 Crimson Cremation | 4/14/1990 | See Source »

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