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Other students would disagree with even Dede’s poke at the PSLM. Some, in fact, see them as quite pluralist. For Michael J. Palmer ’03 “it’s actually a pretty diverse group of people.” Patrick J. Aber ’02 responded that “I don’t think you can really characterize them one way or another...there are really lots of different people involved in it.” James Peacock ’02 concurred: “I think they?...

Author: By Amelia E. Lester, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The New Face of Student Activism | 11/15/2001 | See Source »

...matter where this rock thing will take them, the bottom line is to not take themselves too seriously. “some people think [our silly nicknames] are stupid and that’s cool,” said Repete. Chad, Brad and Pete use the nicknames to poke fun of idea of personae; Pete’s brother began calling Chad “Chetro,” and then the names just sort of stuck...

Author: By Antoinette C. Nwandu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dispatch Kids Rock the Harvard Scene | 10/26/2001 | See Source »

...crossed by circuitous routes which reward exploration. To get to the door you must climb the chain to throw the switch to lower the bridge to reach the box you can climb on. Among other things, it's an extremely relaxing game since you can take your time to poke around the richly detailed environment. The soundtrack has no pulsing music, just quiet ambience of twittering birds, wind and water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pleasures of Escape | 10/25/2001 | See Source »

Before we get to his dislikes and disorders, his vexations as a child and his entanglements as an adult, let's poke inside Mohamed Atta's brain the night before he helped slaughter 7,000 people. "You have to remind yourself to listen and obey that night, for you will face situations that will require your obedience 100 percent," reads a letter found in Atta's luggage and in the belongings of two other hijackers. Atta would be happy to know that his evil was steadfast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Atta's Odyssey | 10/8/2001 | See Source »

...Some people poke their noses into other people’s business—I poke my business into other people’s noses,” Andrade said in his acceptance speech...

Author: By Ravi Agrawal, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hilarity Wins at Ig Nobel Prize Show | 10/5/2001 | See Source »

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