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...Student activism, after a peak in 1969, was in decline by the time the Class of '75 entered Harvard. But the battles of the '60s weren't over...

Author: By Eli M. Alper, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Quiet Time for Activism | 6/6/2000 | See Source »

...Harvard Chapter of the American Veterans Committee (AVC) quickly became the largest club on campus with 830 members at its peak--35 percent of the undergraduate population...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Men & the Boys | 6/5/2000 | See Source »

...Knight's psychological torture chamber. No wonder Indiana has stumbled so often in the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament. No wonder great players--Larry Bird, Isiah Thomas, George McGinnis--don't last in Bloomington. Why would anyone even go there? Wooden inspired confidence, which he considered essential to achieving peak performance. He taught us that the journey to the top of the pyramid was the result of a lifetime of preparation. While Wooden fostered hope, Knight represents the death of hope, the stifling control freak. Look at his coaching style: "Get the ball, and look over here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Basketball's Tarnished Knight | 5/29/2000 | See Source »

...m.p.h. Peak speed of the new 310-ft. roller coaster in Sandusky, Ohio, the tallest and fastest in America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: May 22, 2000 | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

...weird. When American Pie came out, I was in Vancouver shooting Final Destination. It had so much hype and I got back to Los Angeles right at the peak of Pie-dom and it was insane. My roommate and I don't really go out much, but when we'd go to clubs the girls would surround us. They'd never talk to me before but now they were all over me. So I didn't really take it too seriously. But my roommate did-he's like "Well I have this untitled tennis project coming...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Oh, The Places They're Going | 5/19/2000 | See Source »

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