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Dates: during 1990-1999
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compound," said H. Joseph O'Connor, Dunster House superintendent and building manager in the Houses. "It tends to drive [the cockroaches] down, otherwise it would have been a bigger problem. If we hadn't treated the drains, there would have even more...

Author: By Joyce K. Mcintyre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cockroaches Invade Eliot, Lowell Houses | 9/21/1999 | See Source »

...problem is minimal to what it used to be," he said. "The cockroach...

Author: By Joyce K. Mcintyre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cockroaches Invade Eliot, Lowell Houses | 9/21/1999 | See Source »

...Mehaffey seemed genuinely concerned, so I took a deep breath and decided to tell her everything. "You're going to think I'm a hypochondriac," I began. "But you know, around the same time this eye problem started, I also developed these bumps along the side of my face..." I brushed my hair aside so Dr. Mehaffey could see. She looked at the bumps and then at me. "It sure looks like shingles," she said. I listed other odd things I'd noticed--the red line snaking down my forehead, the tingling sensation at the end of my nose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stealthy Virus | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

...either no control of the production or no belief in the material. And why should he believe? Dana Stevens' script buries the compelling story of an athlete's career crisis under a no-fun affair he has with a charmless woman (Kelly Preston--big mistake) and a daughter problem that adds 15 minutes of emotional lard. As domestic drama, it's down there with Stepmom. And much of the jock stuff will look loony to true fans. Costner has complained that his studio cut the film insensitively to get a softer rating, but what's left is nothing to brag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: No-Hit Game | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

Think Russia has a corruption problem? According to BENJAMIN GILMAN, chairman of the House International Relations Committee, widespread graft threatens to destabilize Bosnia and indefinitely postpone the departure of 6,000 U.S. peacekeepers from the troubled Balkan nation. A fact-finding team dispatched by Gilman to discover what has been happening to some of the $5.1 billion in international assistance funneled to Bosnia since 1995 has come back with sobering news: in just one of the country's 10 cantons, or states, hundreds of millions of dollars provided to the government (including about $1 million from the U.S.) have already...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exclusive: More Losses in Bosnia; This Time It's Aid Money | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

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