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...those who wish to avoid long explanations to their significant others, remember one thing; despite the University's threat to punish those who break into other's accounts, it is best to listen to the advice of the omnipotent FAS when logging in--"Never give your password to ANYONE...

Author: By Pamela S. Wasserstein, | Title: Beware of E-Mail Misfits, Especially Your Friends | 2/22/1997 | See Source »

...fire Hickey might make sense if Harvard had slipped a point on NASDAQ. But Harvard is a "non-profit" corporation and, as such, cannot offer stock. Harvard has the means to continue paying for Hickey's employment without batting an eye. It should reward a worker like Hickey, not punish him for being loyal. And it certainly shouldn't bemoan its own poverty as justification for spurning Hickey and his peers...

Author: By William L. Kirtley and Megan L. Peimer, S | Title: Joe Hickey's 'Retirement' | 2/6/1997 | See Source »

...Bill's praise, Ennis was not perfect--and therein lies the source of the father's heroic legend of the son. Ennis was, of course, as irascible a youngster as they come. In his best seller Fatherhood, Bill Cosby talked about delivering physical discipline to punish the 12-year-old Ennis' lying in school. As usual, Cosby turned it into a joke for his readers: "I...won't say that this will hurt me more than it will hurt you. That would be true only if I turned around and let you hit me." He concluded, "To this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'HE WAS MY HERO' | 1/27/1997 | See Source »

...describes as a cry for help, he came clean with his parents and told them about the pot, the acid, the mushrooms, everything. "I thought they'd help me, but they were furious," he says. Michael has shelved further attempts to bridge the gap. "It's one thing to punish me and another to alienate me," he says. "Now there's no way I'm going to talk straight with them again. I do, and I'm heading right for a military academy." Michael seems neither disposed nor able to quit entirely. "I've been cutting down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGH TIMES AT NEW TRIER HIGH | 12/9/1996 | See Source »

After the crash, the 52nd was ready to prove it could punish its own. It took the extraordinary step of charging the two mechanics with criminally negligent homicide, punishable by four years in prison, a dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of all pay and allowances. Mueller complained in a letter to his parents' Congressman, "Now we, the little guys, have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PLACING BLAME AT ANY COST | 12/2/1996 | See Source »

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