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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There were very major changes then in the ecosystems of the Earth," he said. "What they have done is to document a portion of that change for the first time and put a date...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fossils Hint at Dinosaur's Demise | 10/14/1997 | See Source »

What a brilliant strategy WorldCom used in its deal with AOL and CompuServe! By strengthening its Internet capabilities and transferring the moribund portion of CompuServe to AOL, WorldCom will greatly benefit from the exponential growth of the Internet. SIMON LICHENSTEIN Houston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 13, 1997 | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

...production's choreography, also directed by Wilson, is the most fantastic portion of the entire production. With only four players, some of the more upbeat songs become hysterical feasts of scandalous lyrics and perfectly-timed traditional (and not-so-traditional) Broadway dancing. Flanked by melancholy pieces about lost love, the spicier songs add amazing comic relief: the saucy maids and an aggressive adolescent Marvin who sing about making breakfast, the horny high-school girls tempting Marvin at the bus stop and the fabulously raucous number dedicated to Marvin's first gay sexual experience all leave the audience roaring with laughter...

Author: By Sarah A. Rodriguez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Perfect Fit | 10/10/1997 | See Source »

...Subscription fees] are going into a slush fund to fight me," Gartner said, noting that the fees made up a large portion of the $115,000 in surplus the Daily has earned on average over each of the last five years...

Author: By Jal D. Mehta, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: College Newspapers Sign Petition Condemning Iowa Paper | 10/9/1997 | See Source »

...class of the new millennium, Stephen Jay Gould has written a book for you. Questioning the Millennium tackles some of the debate before veering into the history of apocalyptic movements and day-date calculating. Gould's discussion of the millennium question proper, by far the most interesting portion of this somewhat tedious book, is the shortest chapter...

Author: By V. MICHELLE Mcewen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Questioning Heavyweight Trivia | 10/3/1997 | See Source »

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