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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fellow graduate students, far from absorbing these radical thinkers, ran off after dull, pedantic European poststructuralists, who were trapped in cynical semantic mindgames that my generation had ditched when we substituted Elvis Presley for gloom and doom Samuel Beckett. Despite their inflated reputations, none of the French theorists, including Foucaults, is competent at speculation about either history or sexuality. Those who claim otherwise are naively credulous or uninformed...

Author: By Camille Paglia, | Title: An Open Letter to the Students of Harvard | 2/17/1994 | See Source »

Despite the revenue generated by the first season at their new stadium, Camden Yards, the bottom line ruled Oriole front office decision for years. In the past two years, they ran out of peanuts at Camden Yards concession stands because they were using them to buy free agents. They ran a full length feature in the local paper on a Rule V draftee. C-H-E-A-P with a capital dollar-sign...

Author: By Mike E. Ginsberg, | Title: Baseball is Back | 2/17/1994 | See Source »

George Pillsbury, a student at the KennedySchool of Government, initially ran for theposition but last night asked voters to remove hisname from consideration...

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gell, | Title: Election Group Member May Be Out | 2/17/1994 | See Source »

...last time I ran, it was a rottenexperience," Fine added. "There were some[campaign] posters [in North House] that were notso friendly...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: Fine Not Ruling Out U.C. Bid | 2/15/1994 | See Source »

Rather than attempting to create a single,unified front representing all women, RUS isgiving smaller organizations a chance to voicetheir concerns, says RUS member Ashwini Sukthankar'95, who ran for president against Lewis andGuiney...

Author: By H. NICOLE Lee, | Title: RUS Elections Mark Shift in Role | 2/15/1994 | See Source »

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