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Kovacevich said students should have the right to decide whether or not they want to eat grapes. Introducing grapes into the dinning hall simply gives students this choice, he added, while still allowing those who prefer not to eat grapes to exercise their rights...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Grape Debate Intensifies as Referendum Approaches | 11/20/1997 | See Source »

Believe it or not, many women say that they prefer the untucked over the tucked-in look--it has to do with individuality or something. Hey, if gals dig it, it must be cool...

Author: By Murad S. Hussain, | Title: How to Be Cool | 11/20/1997 | See Source »

...should Johnny bother to read when the vast majority of teachers and parents prefer football games to science fairs?" NATASHA X. JACOBS Bloomington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 17, 1997 | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

...identical dark suits. They take a table and drape their suit jackets over their chairbacks so that their red suspenders can be displayed. Then they wave around thick cigars as they shout at each other at trading-pit volume about what brand of single-malt Scotch they prefer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OF BULLS AND BOITES | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

...smart even when acting stupid. ROWAN ATKINSON's inane mime character, Mr. Bean, washes up on American shores Friday in Bean. Atkinson realizes that Bean's immature antics may not appeal to everyone. "Most of my friends don't have time for Mr. Bean," he says. "For those who prefer their humor more verbal, more literary, or indeed harder or ruder, Bean is not their thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 10, 1997 | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

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