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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sometimes I didn't get home until 1 a.m.," said Dorothy Flynn, a student who said she hopes to use her newfound HTML prowess to work on a Web site advocating the release of jailed South African poet Mzwakhe Mbuli...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Seniors Bring Computer Literacy to Tent City | 5/7/1999 | See Source »

Radcliffe will now be able to draw on thefundraising prowess of Harvard's developmentoffice and Rudenstine himself, who said that "theUniversity will begin aggressively raising fundsfor the Institute right away...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: A College No More, Radcliffe Eyes Donors | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

Radcliffe will now be able to draw on the fundraising prowess of Harvard's development office and Rudenstine himself, who said that "the University will begin aggressively raising funds for the Institute right away...

Author: By Rosalind S. Helderman and Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: After Merger, Radcliffe Turns to Donors | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

Harvard put the game out of reach 2:46 into the third as its top line continued to demonstrate its offensive prowess. Skating into the right corner, Shewchuk whipped the puck to Botterill behind the net, who hit Mleczko in front of the goal for the score and a 5-2 lead...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: W. Hockey Beats UNH in OT For Championship | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

Hubble majored in science as an undergraduate at the University of Chicago. A tall, powerfully built young man, he excelled at basketball and boxing (fight promoters reportedly tried to talk him into turning pro), and his combination of academic and athletic prowess earned him a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford. In England, Hubble kept up his muscular pursuits: he fought, ran track and played on one of the first baseball teams ever organized in the British Isles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Astronomer Edwin Hubble | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

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