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Sitting in the Kirkland dining hall last Thursday, I divulged to a friend (with barely repressed excitement) that I would be soon possess the Holy Grail of college life—a real ID—when I turned 21 at midnight. After the requisite “dude, that’s awesome” and “find me later and I’ll buy you a shot,” he dropped the bombshell...

Author: By Alixandra E. Smith, | Title: End of the Road | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

...didn't possess the ball well in the first period. They won the face-offs and loose balls," co-captain Dana Sprong said...

Author: By Kathryn J. Hodel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Lacrosse Continues Slide With a 9-7 Loss | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

...director like Yip fails to wring effective performances from his cast. Leon Lai is characteristically handsome and bland, while Jordan Chan is uncharacteristically unengaging and aloof. Even Sam Lee’s manic persona is considerably tamer here. Hsu Chi, one of the few actresses in modern cinema to possess acting skills to accompany her pretty face, barely registers in her throwaway part. Perhaps the only actor to acquit himself well is Taiwanese R&B popstar Alex To. Despite his role as the main villain, he receives only 10 minutes of screentime. But he puts each one to good...

Author: By Marcus L. Wang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cruising The 'Skyline' In Style | 4/20/2001 | See Source »

...course, means you take your chances when you pony up your money and ask him something. He holds no degree in conversational arts, nor does he flaunt any other credentials that lend weight to the quality of his operation. He does, as mentioned above, possess the book-smarts to craft articulate and lucid answers to the questions put to him. Yet his ideas, frankly, are not that interesting. There is little reason for the intelligent viewer to sit through another discourse on the problems of our society’s increasing addiction to artificial...

Author: By Benjamin J. Soskin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Penny For Your Thoughts | 4/20/2001 | See Source »

...need to possess the ball really well," Primm said. "They have so many weapons that we can't afford to make any careless errors. If we do, they'll take advantage...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Lacrosse Heads South To Face No. 1 Princeton | 4/13/2001 | See Source »

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