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...meantime, I'll wait patiently for that rare moment when I meet a fellow old-school young person. It's a precious exchange when I can finally say, "What about `Breakfast at Tiffany's?'" And he says, "I think I remember the film. And as I recall, I think we both kinda liked...

Author: By Terry E-E Chang, | Title: Endpaper: Play it Again, Sam | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

...while Faculty members appreciate the voice they are given in shaping University policy, some say it comes at the expense of precious teaching, advising and research time--not to mention their private lives...

Author: By Rosalind S. Helderman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Faculty Help Govern, One Meeting at a Time | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

...movie is about some guys who lose 500,000 [pounds] in a card game and have to come up with the money in a week, or they'll start losing fingers and other precious protuberances. And in a case of life imitating art, the guy making the movie--Guy Ritchie, that is, three days before shooting his first feature, the British crime comedy Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels--found that the financing had fallen through, and he needed to raise dough pronto. Forget all the bad guys in the script; worry about some of the ex-cons cast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Beyond Pulp Affliction | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...course, since my cap has that precious NY, isn't it about time for Mets GM Steve Phillips to give Ash a call? I hear Ash just picked up a beer-guzzling, Metallica-thrashing , southpaw who went 18-4 last season and really can't afford...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The "V" Spot: Yanks Grab Headlines, Hurt Baseball With Clemens Trade | 2/24/1999 | See Source »

...course, since my cap has that precious NY, isn't it about time for Mets GM Steve Phillips to give Ash a call? I hear Ash just picked up a beer-guzzling, Metallica-thrashing, southpaw who went 18-4 last season and really can't afford...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, | Title: Yanks Grab Headlines, Hurt Baseball with Clemens Trade | 2/24/1999 | See Source »

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