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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After an extensive two-year long citywide effort in preparation for computer-related glitches that may arise when the year 2000 begins, city leaders say they are prepared to handle any complications that may arise with the much-hyped "Y2K problem."

Author: By Edward B. Colby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City's 'Mission Critical' System Ready for Y2K | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

"[We think] it will be relatively routine fare, but we're always prepared for the worst," Fosque says.

Author: By Edward B. Colby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City's 'Mission Critical' System Ready for Y2K | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

Once upon a time in the 1970s, a question arose among the Bee Gee faithful: What's grooving at Harvard? A guy named James J. Cramer '77 (then hair-famous; now street.com smart) and Crimson pal Steve A. Ballmer '77 (then a turkey shoot victim; now a Microsoft billionaire) decided...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Groovy Train | 12/16/1999 | See Source »

12. The reporter's bible, a 32-page pamphlet containing such pearls of wisdom as "Each reporter must bring his or her own pens to the building. But beware, The Crimson is crawling with pen thieves. Guard pens carefully. (Helpful hint: pens don't work well when wet. The well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Annotated Crimson Newsroom | 12/16/1999 | See Source »

European governments are moving hastily to cobble together negotiations to avert a bloodbath, although Moscow is sending mixed signals over whether it's prepared to talk to the Chechens. But with even Malik Saydulayev, head of the new Chechen puppet government created in Moscow, calling for talks with more moderate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As Grozny Crumbles, Chechens Face Future | 12/15/1999 | See Source »

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