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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Finding the computers was easier than expected, thanks to a quirk in Massachusetts law that prevents companies from throwing away used computers in garbage dumpsters...

Author: By James P. Mcfadden, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Area Inventors Create Millennial Symphony which Genuinely Welcomes the Y2K Bug | 12/15/1999 | See Source »

Harvard's Vice President for Finance Elizabeth C. "Beppie" Huidekoper says Harvard's problems with venture capital stem from a quirk of the financial world...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan and Erica B. Levy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Size Matters: Endowment Troubles Traced to Venture Capital | 10/12/1999 | See Source »

Until we know more, some argue, the risks of such medication are just too great, if only because of the message it sends to children. Says Dr. Sidney Wolfe, director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group: "We are moving into an era where any quirk of a personality is fair game for a drug. On one hand, we are telling kids to just say no to drugs, but on the other hand, their pediatricians are saying, 'Take this. You'll feel good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Escaping From The Darkness | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

Right fielder Mike Quirk hit a leadoff single up the middle, and two batters later, McGowan pulled Nyweide's fastball deep over the left-field wall for a 4-1 lead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Baseball Slammed: Crimson Drop Two to B.C. | 4/14/1999 | See Source »

Right fielder Mike Quirk hit a leadoff single up the middle, and two batters later, McGowan pulled Nyweide's fastball deep over the left-field wall for a 4-1 lead...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Hard-Hitting Eagles Sweep Doubleheader from Baseball | 4/14/1999 | See Source »

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