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Although students come in with HPV, it is fortunately not especially rampant at Harvard, Rosenthal said. College, however, is a time when some students may be initially infected...

Author: By Tova A. Serkin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Beyond Protection: Papillomavirus | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...time for the feminist activists on this campus to take a little time-out for a good old-fashioned reality check. Some committees, in order function effectively, have to limit their membership. The overwhelming majority of undergraduate women are not complaining of any rampant discrimination by Harvard. Sexual assault is a matter of public safety, not gender politics. The non-discrimination sword cuts both ways. We all need more meeting space and an occasional...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: Considering 'Women's Issues' at Harvard | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...should be considered by the media and government is to think before they speak. And, for now at least, Arab and Muslim Americans should get used to the fact that they are "guilty until proven innocent," and they should try to clear up these misconceptions and stereotypes that run rampant through the nation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LETTERS | 11/24/1999 | See Source »

Thirdly, one of Potter's best friends is an incredibly smart girl named Hermione--a far better role model than Elle Macpherson for young girls who have previously been reading schlocky teen magazines which encourage rampant self-criticism. Harry is no slouch either--he studies all the time and does well in school, he never uses violence to get back at the bully and is friends with the principal. Finally, even scrawny little Harry is a star at sports. In short, Harry and his friends are every parent's dream kids...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, | Title: Harry Potter Under Fire | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...natural products to replenish genetic diversity in our crops and to produce new medicines. We rely on pristine ecosystems to replenish oxygen, regulate water cycles, control erosion, cycle essential nutrients and restock critical fisheries. We still need these things to sustain life--our life. The irony is that our rampant success in living outside the world's ecosystems has put them all, and thus ourselves, in jeopardy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Malthus Be Right? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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