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...tearing sack. His band of yuk-ups consists of a jolly redneck Billy Bob, a Casanova with a strategically placed cowboy hat, and a black running back who's only purpose, it seems, is to fulfill a hopelessly contrived racism subplot. Throw in a dash of T & A, a pinch of pecs, the trampy, whipped cream bikini-wearing blond cheerleader and bring to a simmer in a cauldron of frothy beer...

Author: By Judy P. Tsai, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Winter Round-Up | 2/12/1999 | See Source »

...worries among the Y2K-anxious--meaning people concerned about the breakdown of everything because of the millennium bug that could lead to serious computer malfunction in the year 2000. (More on that later.) So the Eckharts bought Danielle a water bed. That way, in a pinch, they have an extra 300 gallons on hand. Danielle is a little nonplussed. "I hope we don't end up drinking my bed," she says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End Of The World As We Know It? | 1/18/1999 | See Source »

Radcliffe's Office of Communications notes that a new director of the Murray Research Center has been named and will be announced next week. The position has been officially vacant for the past semester, with Assistant Director Jacquelyn James pinch-hitting in the role...

Author: By Rosalind S. Helderman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Radcliffe Sees Third Departure Since June | 1/8/1999 | See Source »

...article, safe abortions can prevent women from taking desperate measures, such as illegal and dangerous abortions. Knowledge of life-saving techniques is a doctor's job. Though each doctor will personally decide what to specialize in and whether to perform abortions, it should be expected that in a pinch they can perform most common surgical procedures...

Author: By Sarah Jacoby, | Title: No Choice for Doctors | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...despite the poor condition of many campustypewrites, some say the College is the only placeto find typewriters in a pinch...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Computer Age Can't Kill the Typewriter | 11/20/1998 | See Source »

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