Word: paper
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Eleven editors left to found their own paper,The Harvard Journal, which gave The Crimson theonly tough fight in its history. The Journal hadthe staff, but The Crimson had the facilities, thebusiness contacts, the tradition--and the edge...
...battle was neck and neck for a few weeks,but the end of the fight was predictable; when theyear ended, so did The Journal. Its editors lostmoney, sleep and study time in their struggle toset up and run a new paper...
...paper also began a campaign againsttutoring schools--institutions dedicated to makingmoney from the laziness and lack of dedication ofHarvard students. It lost six cents in a libelsuit to one of the schools, but after a vehementeditorial campaign and dropping theiradvertisements, the College outlawed their use in1939...
Also in 1940, the Crimson Network, a whollyowned subsidiary which broadcast Crimson newsthrough the College, was founded by severaleditors with $400 of the paper's money. Thepredecessor of WHRB soon separated from itsparent, for lack of common interests...
...specter of war could no longer beignored, and The Crimson urged preparations. Theissue announcing the bombing of Pearl Harborcarried a 5:11 a.m. time slug. The paper hadstayed open until the last possible minute to getthe latest bulletins...