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...encourage members of [the class of '04] to remember that security precautions are sometimes inconvenient but are designed to protect all members of the community, and we especially hope that freshmen will avoid such practices as permitting 'piggyback' entry to any facility protected by swipe-card...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff and Catherine E. Shoichet, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: First-Year Accosted in Dining Hall | 9/27/2000 | See Source »

...took an innocuous Crimson quote and made it bulletin-board material for his team. Amazingly, he did the same thing the next year. Doesn't that gag get old, or does he only recruit easily manipulated, mindless drones? Maybe Phil's so mind-numbingly uncreative that he has to piggyback on others. Well, no matter what happens on the football field, Brown sucks. Put that on your board, Phil...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BLee-ve It!: Final Tales from the Front Lines | 6/8/2000 | See Source »

...shaking up the way America does business. People are quitting their day jobs and finding they can support themselves entirely by selling on eBay and other auction sites. Traditional retailers are significantly augmenting their revenue by selling on eBay, and some are shutting down their stores entirely. Businesses that piggyback onto online auctions--insurers, shippers, escrow services--are booming. Offline businesses that compete with eBay--from antiques stores to classified-ad sections--are bracing for trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside eBay.com: The Attic of e | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...student groups tried to allay these concerns, urging their fellow House residents to be vigilant in ensuring that only Harvard students be allowed to "piggyback" through frequently-open doorways...

Author: By Sarah A. Dolgonos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: All Houses Will Adopt Universal Card Access | 12/14/1999 | See Source »

...manage to piggyback our way into 20 DeWolfe St. Clearly that which was supposed to be happening on the first floor is not. In the elevator, I ask a fellow passenger about party possibilities. He sternly warns us, "Don't go to to the 6th floor--there's nobody there...

Author: By Lisa J. Powell, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Just Can't Get Enough: One Night, 15 Parties | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

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