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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...emotional truth, words that somehow resonate inside the reader. Hemingway used to assure himself that if he could write one true sentence, he was on the right track: it is this kind of truth that is meaningful to the writer of fiction, truth to the spirit. The problem is, this is also the kind of truth that needs to be important to the writer of the kind of nonfiction which Gordimer attempts. It is almost pointless to write journalism about the future of literature, or about the evolution of a truly democratic South Africa, that does not somehow strike...

Author: By Joshua Perry, | Title: Nobel Winner Rests on Laurels | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

They handle the softball questions with no problem, talking about the importance of student groups. When the board asks how Patel and Darling voted on last year's controversial ROTC bill, they find themselves justifying their affirmative votes...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stumped:Candidates Go the Distance | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

...keycard entry system refused to let them into their dormitories on the basis that they had graduated 96 years earlier. This problem was fixed within hours, so most people never even heard of it," Lewis explains...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Y2K Guardians: Who Will Be Here? | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

...addition to technicians and problem-solvers, personnel will...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Y2K Guardians: Who Will Be Here? | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

...huge effort over the last six months [to get computer systems up to speed], bringing the last pieces of it up to code in November," he says. "And in the unlikely event that the Holyoke Center has to close due to a problem with the gas, for example, UHS will have to close down, but arrangements have been made with area hospitals to take diverted emergency cases...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Y2K Guardians: Who Will Be Here? | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

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