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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...States' very recent imperialist past (and some might argue present) in Puerto Rico and the treatment of Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens in the United States has been shunted aside in favor of blanket accusations about the tolerance of violence and the cat-and-mouse game of political point-scoring. What was an opportunity for Americans, particularly politicians, to educate themselves about Puerto Rico's history and its complicated relationship with the United States, as well as about the status and treatment of Puerto Ricans in the United States today, has turned into yet another opportunity to point fingers...

Author: By Kiara ALVAREZ Ferrer, | Title: Clemency a Matter of Human Rights | 9/21/1999 | See Source »

...some point--perhaps a blocking group of one?--individual suffering would clearly outweigh whatever speculative benefits are achieved by forcing students to find new friends. Are blocking groups of 10 or 12 such great obstructions to House community that they must be disbanded, regardless of the resulting inconveniences to individual students? Could eight actually be too many...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Eight is Enough | 9/21/1999 | See Source »

...next play, Patterson ran a reverse, getting good blocking and dashing 30 yards into the end zone with 8:55 remaining in the third quarter. Giampaolo's successful extra-point attempt then increased Harvard's lead...

Author: By Cathy Tran, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Football Mauls Columbia, 24-7 | 9/21/1999 | See Source »

...never called long-distance much," said Victoria Meng '00. "My phone bill at one point last year was like $3 a month...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UIS Announces Long Distance Rate Decrease | 9/21/1999 | See Source »

...apparently, society no longer expects me to take this high road. Not only is there a national chain of laser-hair-removal stores, called Vanishing Point, that runs an ad with a woman touching only a finger-sized part of her otherwise hairless body, but--I've completely forgotten the end of this sentence. I'm stuck on that "finger-sized part of her otherwise hairless body" part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaving the Body, Fantastic | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

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