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Gifford said the settlement "doesn't solve the problem" and the Fund will continue challenging similar expansion attempts by the University in the future. She said she hopes "Harvard will not pretend [in the future] to have parking spaces when they...

Author: By Margaret C. Boyer, | Title: Hillel Construction Begins | 3/2/1993 | See Source »

...imperfections of the world he is about to leave. These plays, whose "reality" is rooted not in life but in prior plays, movies and TV, shy away from the raw emotions of fear and grief and the harsh facts of the body's decline, trivializing the eternal mystery they pretend to revere. What makes Wrong Turn at Lungfish more than usually disappointing is that most such plays don't have George C. Scott (although last season's revival of the similarly smarmy On Borrowed Time did), and most are not written by Hollywood veterans whose creative credits number Pretty Woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Patient Is Impatient | 3/1/1993 | See Source »

...pretend we don't have time for dating. Popular Harvard stereotypes aside, we all Waste some time. If there's someone who can prove me wrong here, congratulations on the grades worthy of the prestigious awards and fellowships I won't be receiving...

Author: By Adam D. Taxin, | Title: Whining and Dining Your Date | 2/20/1993 | See Source »

...opportunity to wile away a few hours with Audrey Hepburn and your sweet-heart is not to be missed. If you don't have one, then go anyway and pretend Hepburn is your sweetheart (or that you are Hepburn--in which case you'll have sweethearts galore...

Author: By Sarah C. Dry, | Title: A Delicious 'Breakfast' | 2/11/1993 | See Source »

...mystery, at least, for non-Harvardians. The Beanpot Syndrome may hold the key to the entire Harvard psyche, from the Faculty Club to FOPpers in the wilderness. One hockey tournament lets us in on dirty secrets we pretend not to understand. When Harvard squeezes into the Garden, the world sees us as we know we are--yawns...

Author: By Michael K. Mayo, | Title: Bleak Seats at the Garden | 2/9/1993 | See Source »

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