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...tour is a quest for knowledge, a quest most often led by the infamous Crimson Key Society. The Key tour guide becomes a symbol of all that is Harvard to these picture-snapping pilgrims. Lisa Powers, of Durham, N.C., claims that her tour guide was "one of the brightest and most enthusiastic young ladies I have ever...

Author: By Neil R. Brown, | Title: Harvard 91 r | 2/19/1998 | See Source »

...decided to go for the bachelor pad aesthetic by investing in details rather than going for one sexy purchase, so the Jacuzzi was out. With the help of Christmas giving I began my quest for just the right accouterments. Wine, bottle opener and glasses came first. Then I went for high quality tobacco. (I don't smoke; it's like the toaster oven--just for show.) Then I got fresh-cut flowers, and paper-white perennials to add a feminine touch. The next phase attacked the lighting, an often-ignored aspect of interior design. My blue Christmas lights circling...

Author: By Jonathan S. Paul, | Title: Interior Design: Heavenly Inspiration | 2/19/1998 | See Source »

...trying to unravel the detailed behavior of El Nino, Ralph and dozens of other researchers are furthering a scientific quest that began in the 1920s, when the British meteorologist Sir Gilbert Walker linked swings in atmospheric pressure over the Pacific to a disastrous failure of the Indian monsoon 50 years earlier. In the 1960s, UCLA meteorologist Jacob Bjerknes suggested that El Nino was governed by the same swings in atmospheric pressure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fury Of El Nino | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

...denounce official bilingualism. But providing a bilingual society has a high price. Precious tax dollars go to providing separate schools, court services and the publication of print articles in both official languages, French and English. The unofficial result has been a polarization of the country. Politicians in their quest for power play one language group against the other. In Canada, with about 30 million people, bilingualism costs the taxpayers more than $350 million a year. It could cost the U.S. 10 times that amount. FRED HAMILTON Amherst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 16, 1998 | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

Both of these games are very winnable for Harvard, and with Princeton and Penn on the horizon, are crucial for the Crimson in its quest to make team history...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: M. Basketball Looks for Some Ivy Wins | 2/13/1998 | See Source »

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