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...warned, and "the body becomes a mere shadow of its former self. The heart and the guts are so weakened..." Or, in modern parlance, you polish either your gold-plated Melior or your M-16. You can't launch a Hellfire missile with a frappuccino in hand. Pleasure trumps prowess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latte Lightweights | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...Ryan has become a pillar of Boston electronic music and club culture. He's a long-spinning resident at Axis, one of the most popular clubs in Boston, and his Friday night set, Spin Cycle, is broadcast weekly live on WFNX and on-line. Word of his prowess with vinyl has also extended well beyond Boston, and his track "Supa Crush" features on the recently released CD "Torchbearers: A Compilation of 11 Club Culture Vanguards...

Author: By Lisa J. Powell, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: DJ Dope: Fifteen Questions for Tym Ryan | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

...second straight game, Harvard scored 50 or more points in the second half, but with the Red Foxes muscling the ball inside and picking up offensive rebounds, the Crimson defense was unable to make Harvard's offensive prowess count...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Marist Outfoxes M. Basketball, 87-82 | 12/1/1999 | See Source »

...nothing but bloody meat," then describes him "trying to put the animal back together, licking his fingers and crooning, cramming the limbs back into their sockets." This display of the grotesque is one of many that causes the reader to wince and writhe; while indicative of her poetic prowess, Budnitz's portrayal of old country rituals offers little to Ilana's narrative and destroys the integrity of her tale...

Author: By Nikki Usher, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: If I Told You Once, It Would Be Enough | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

Heimert was recognized for his teaching prowess in 1997 when he was awarded the Levinson prize for excellence in teaching...

Author: By M. DOUGLAS Omalley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Professor Alan E. Heimert Dies | 11/2/1999 | See Source »

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