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...feel good to pretend that we live in an imaginary world where Radcliffe as an undergraduate institution still exists, but it accomplishes nothing to mire the Council in a symbolic anachronism," Lev Polinsky '99-'00, who sponsored the legislation, wrote in an e-mail message...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: On Election Eve, Council Keeps Radcliffe, Burton | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

...predictions for the future of civilization--not just writing a response paper after skimming half the book, but really considering the challenges posed by these thinkers. Imagine if they asked if the triumphs and catastrophes, big and small, we face every day, even if we rush by and pretend not to see them, grabbed you with a thought and would not let go. What would you say? If a pre-frosh came up to you and asked about what the true nature of good is, the most common student response would be something flippant like "not this conversation" and change...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, | Title: No Intellectuals Need Apply | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

...first solo album (which he's producing and marketing himself) and thanking the fates for treating him so well. "So many things in my life, I look at them and see a pattern," he says. "I was born on Halloween--a day when people put on costumes and pretend to be other people. What a perfect day for an actor to be born!" And Kiss Me, Kate is a perfect way for us to celebrate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: From Coalhouse to Cole | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...especially after last year's mini-media feeding frenzy, that there are too many people with not enough information and too much to say on the subject of the clubs. Let me say right now, in the way of a disclaimer, that you may be right. I don't pretend to know it the clubs inside and out, to fully understand their current function. Let me also say that, although I am writing from a liberal, critical corner of the arena, I don't hate them--or at least, and more to the point, I certainly don't hate...

Author: By Jody H. Peltason, | Title: To the Punch Class of 1999: Just Try To Maintain Some Perspective | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

Last confession: I'm as eager to pretend understanding of a hot fad as any journalist. And I do like things kids like; this summer I read all three Harry Potter books, aloud and enthralled, to my wife. So I'm no grinch. Honest. I'm just a guy who loves good cartoons and, when he sees a bad one, gets a little...bit ...UPSET...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Just Didn't Get It | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

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