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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Dewey Finn, hard-rockin' guitarist, has the music in him. It's just that no one wants it to get out. His bandmates aren't crazy about his three-hour solos, nor is the audience. When Dewey throws himself into a mosh pit of revelers, no one catches him. Fired by the band, he holes up with a friend who is too meek to say no but who does suggest that Dewey help with the rent by selling one of his guitars. The artiste is aghast: "Would you ask Picasso to sell one of his guitars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Lessons In The Key Of PG | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

Chopra is not afraid to be combative with those in power, and he will pit his friends in City Hall against his friends in University Hall if he feels it’s in the student interest...

Author: By Ebonie D. Hazle and William B. Higgins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Chopra Employs Both Carrot and Stick | 9/29/2003 | See Source »

...Jeopardy! organizers specifically sought out a Harvard contestant to pit against a Yalie in the spirit of rivalry...

Author: By Elena Sorokin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Contestant Chosen | 9/29/2003 | See Source »

...first student campaign events on campus, HSHD members broadcast Dean’s booming voice over a guitar amplifier and projected a life-size image of the former Vermont governor onto a screen held up by flimsy poles in the Square pit...

Author: By Joshua D. Gottlieb, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dean Lends Voice, Face to Life-Size Screen in the Square | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

It’s not because Butler is a bad defender. Far from it. Nor is it because any of his match-ups pit him against Heisman Trophy hopefuls...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Secondary Not Short On Talent | 9/18/2003 | See Source »

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