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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This hernia-inducing monster measures in at 37 by 27 inches and resembles less a book than an ornate piece of antique furniture. "That doesn't sound very imposing," explains Halpert, "but it takes the strength of two to move it, an action we perform as seldom as possible." Though only two inches thick, the book's binding drips with metal ornamentation and decorative gilt. Houghton's two copies lie comfortably in custom-made cloth cases, so comfortably, in fact, that librarians hate to disturb them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Big | 2/18/1999 | See Source »

...group that wants to perform in Cultural Rhythms will not be doing so, unless a meeting between foundation officials and members of the Harvard Radcliffe Asian American Christian Fellowship (HRAACF) scheduled for this morning changes things...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Cultural Rhythms To Honor Smith | 2/18/1999 | See Source »

Heston warned his audience about the pressure to perform exerted upon them by society, even at an academic institution like Harvard...

Author: By Richard J. Wegener, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Heston Lays Down Commandments at Law School | 2/17/1999 | See Source »

...wanted to gun down an abortion doctor, the Nuremberg Files was your website. It featured names, home addresses and photos of doctors who perform abortions--even the names and ages of their kids. Along with mangled fetuses and dripping blood, it boasted a handy checklist of "baby butchers" who were healthy (in black), as well as those who had been wounded (in gray) or killed (crossed out). It didn't quite make the case for pulling the trigger, but it pointed the way to sites that did. In 1995 Planned Parenthood and several targeted doctors sued the site's backers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cyberspeech on Trial | 2/15/1999 | See Source »

...group had sought to perform "body worship," a form of worship that sets hand motions to religious music. Group members describe body worship as unique to the Asian American Christian tradition...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cultural Festival Excludes Asian Christian Group | 2/12/1999 | See Source »

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