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...used to. As a Harvard student, I'm supposed to think of a new, creative and witty costume each and every year. Invariably, I put the decision off until the last minute, then I get nervous, and then I succumb to peer pressure and dress up as something I regret (like the time my friend Allie turned me into a gypsy woman for an evening...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, | Title: Dressed for Success | 10/28/1994 | See Source »

...electing a commander-in-chief, why shouldn't Americans be allowed to choose an experienced politician whom they trust and respect? We may yet regret this rash decision made out of partisan fear in the 1940s. (Imagine if FDR had been yanked from office in the middle of World...

Author: By Ethan M. Tucker, | Title: Vote the Bums Out | 10/26/1994 | See Source »

...regret the inconvenience to our students," Epps said. "But experience has taught us that it is wise to take such measures...

Author: By Andrew A. Green, | Title: Security Tightened For 'Head' Weekend | 10/20/1994 | See Source »

...current vice president Josh Liston '95, who is running for the council presidency. Liston, whose position has flip-flopped on virtually every issue of substance facing the council, arrogantly proclaimed that he was "proud" of his record as a council member and executive. He didn't regret anything, he said, and he had nothing for which to apologize...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, | Title: Scandal Before Service | 10/14/1994 | See Source »

...with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, two organizations that had always received his special scorn, and he spoke frequently and amicably with the U.S. ambassador. But when the military began to move against him, he reverted to type and gave a speech he has come to regret. He seemed to give the nod to mob justice when he called the "necklace" -- a burning tire placed around a victim's neck -- a "beautiful instrument" that "smells sweet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti's Jean-Bertrand Aristide: The Once and Future President | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

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