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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...night when the Harvard men's hockey team needed a big win over St. Lawrence to solidify its rank in the ECAC standings and position itself for the ECAC tournament, it seemed like the skaters could do no wrong...

Author: By Michael E. Ginsberg, | Title: Oh What A Night! | 3/4/1995 | See Source »

...people with more command experience and higher rank...applied for the job at Harvard," said Boston Lt. Detective Richard C. Cox in a 1993 interview. "I happen to be privy to the fact that after Paul's interview at Harvard, they basically stopped looking...

Author: By Victory T. Chen, | Title: Police Chief Ready To Retire, Boss Says | 3/2/1995 | See Source »

...built a new house in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and wanted to upgrade all the major appliances on a $10,000 budget. Says Cheryll: "We're pretty trusting about what Consumer Reports recommends." But the exponential growth of new products threatens to swamp the magazine that was established to rank them for the buying public. Hundreds of new computer-software programs and games appeared in the months preceding the last Christmas buying season. "We're not going to test software in the foreseeable future," admits CR's Alan Lefkow. "It is beyond this department...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EVALUATING THE BUYER'S BIBLE | 2/20/1995 | See Source »

...Butt Trumpet's more endearing qualities is its ability to rank on popular culture from all perspectives. They successfully fulfill their attempt at vicious comedy with songs such as "I Left my Gun in San Francisco," which is about killing hippies, sung from the point of view of the killer. Thom Bone, one of several loud bass players, warns all Birkenstock-wearers, "I'm an easy going guy/but I'm even more mellow when hippies...

Author: By Christopher J. Hernandez, | Title: Butt Trumpet, What a Name... | 2/16/1995 | See Source »

...deposed Catwoman sits alone at a longtable, fielding questions from the three-tieredstacks of reporters and videographers. The firstquestion we hear is, "Ms. Pfeiffer--will you`meow' for us?" The human refuses to meow. This isnot ancient Egypt, and meowing might furtherdebase her species rank: deity, human...

Author: By Patrick S. Chung, | Title: The Rise and Fall of a Goddess | 2/16/1995 | See Source »

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