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Visitors to Oxford and residents alike enjoy trips to Faulkner's 1840 Greek Revival home, Rowan Oak. Other attractions include the university's collection of Greek and Roman antiquities, one of the nation's finest, and its world-class jazz-blues archive. Another college-town perk: attending Southeastern Conference football and basketball games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Oxford, Miss. | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

...contributions connected to Chung were returned, and Kerry's aides explained that the senator's office had simply arranged a tour of the SEC for Chung, calling it a routine perk offered to supporters...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Kerry, A Tough Decision Not To Run | 3/3/1999 | See Source »

...conservative father. His brief foray into the world of hookers and porn shops is a scream. Spacek is convincing as a perky housewife with secret drunken tendencies and a potential for a nervous breakdown. When they rejoice, they do the twist. Fortunately for the movie, they know when to perk up their Ozzie and Harriet act, and when to tone down as real people...

Author: By Susan Yeh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: FIZZLES out | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

Debbie is fortunate enough to have the added perk of free childcare, as both of her children come to work with her every...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: After Welfare | 1/13/1999 | See Source »

...restful sleep--are the hottest of all, with some 60 million Americans now swallowing doses regularly. And for those who crave a tastier fix, there are new so-called functional foods--concoctions such as fruit juice laced with ginseng, or corn chips with kava, the one claiming to perk you up and the other to calm you down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Herbal Healing | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

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