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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Amid the gale-force winds whipping over the Astroturf of Holy Cross, the Crimson (3-0 overall, 1-0 lvy) was able to stay on its feet and--no pun intended--blew out the Minutemen of UMass...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: W. Lacrosse Rolls in Win Over UMass | 3/23/1994 | See Source »

...worst pun that your boyfriend has ever made: Oh God. He's made so many bad ones. Don't get me wrong, but if I didn't love him dearly, I'd dump him over the puns...

Author: By Clare A. Sammells, | Title: Big Stick No Hunt | 3/17/1994 | See Source »

...there's the Egyptian eunuch, Nuttinkhumin (Jeremy S. Nye '94). Get it? Which means a neverending stream of Bobbittesque humor--no pun intended. Scheming to overthrow the Queen and take over his country, Nuttinkhummin announces, "I'll do to Egypt what I can't do to Egyptians...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: Kicklines at the Colosseum | 2/24/1994 | See Source »

Indeed, as the game warmed up in its intensity, Ferrari zoomed (a bad pun, I admit, but with a name like "Ferrari," it can only get worse--get used to it, Marco) into a rapidly developing fray...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: Icemen "Laugh A Little Longer" at Big Red's Expense, 4-0 | 2/14/1994 | See Source »

...however, and even manages to get through a tortured scene involving the Concert of Europe without seeming too much of a cliche. Richard Frank walks a similarly thin line as Geoffrey, the bisexual director who proclaims that "love is love, gender is merely spare parts." Frank, entertainingly gay (no pun intended) as he and McMurtrey cavort around the house, is also capable of pulling off quite serious moments in the second...

Author: By Lori E. Smith, | Title: American Three Sisters | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

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