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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After witnessing acts of violence in the Pit next to the Harvard Square T stop recently, Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves '72 has asked Cambridge police to increase surveillance in the area...

Author: By Claire P. Prestel, | Title: Reeves Calls for Pit Security | 10/3/1994 | See Source »

...Most of the kids who come here come here because in their towns there's no place where they can go," said 17-year-old Jen Hosman, an Arlington resident who frequents the Pit regularly...

Author: By Claire P. Prestel, | Title: Reeves Calls for Pit Security | 10/3/1994 | See Source »

Against Bachrach and Barrett, Roosevelt pit his stern family jaw and mild resemblance to NBC's Bob Costas--hardly a fair fight. Roosevelt pushed his heritage in his commercials, too, stressing a "family tradition of commitment and caring...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: It's Not All Issues | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

...mirrors and projections to make its effects. Notable performances by the mostly American cast include Renee Fleming's poignant Tourvel, Mary Mills' tender Cecile (the 15-year-old girl "ruined" by Valmont's depredations) and Johanna Meier's stately Madame de Rosemonde, Valmont's doting aunt. In the pit, Scottish-born Donald Runnicles leads with authority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: The Mating Game | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

...Maybe I should start my own company. Maybe I'll work for a company where I own one share or a big equity stake. Maybe I'll go over to Dive and make sub sandwiches." As of Oct. 1, he is at leisure. "I'll take a 60-day pit stop -- and I'm sure I'll be incompetent at that. I want to rest and recharge, make sure there's enough traction on them wheels." Or perhaps, as he told Eisner in a friendly chat at week's end, "I'll start up a company, and later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's a Small World After All | 9/5/1994 | See Source »

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