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...case for first-years--Christmas shopping is easy because everyone they know wants Harvard paraphernalia. If the Coop had had a rebate my first year, I would have dropped out and bought my own island in the Caribbean. Unfortunately, it was still in its everything-under-one-roof-and-losing-millions-of-dollars phase...

Author: By Bryan Lee, | Title: Santa Lee | 12/15/1998 | See Source »

...beds are hammocks tied to posts in a shed with a thatch-and-tarpaulin roof. "If you need to take a leak during the night, watch out for snakes," Mittermeier tells me. "I'll do that," I say, and drink nothing before bedtime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forests: RUSSELL MITTERMEIER: Into the Woods | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

Raise the Roof, Beam...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ewing Throws Block Party; Beam Rains Threes | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...Boise dry cleaner with a hoop in his backyard and a dish on his roof, the prevailing representation of black Americans shifts from highlight-reel dunker to greedy businessperson. He who once had only to ponder the black athlete must now ponder the black man. And where else will he see a black face...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: Black Ball | 12/3/1998 | See Source »

...morning of Friday, Nov. 27, seven death row inmates attempted to escape from Huntsville Prison, about 80 miles north of Houston. The enterprising fellas apparently used a hacksaw to cut a hole in a recreation yard fence, hid on the roof of a cell block for nearly three hours and then made a mad dash for two 10-foot perimeter fences topped with razor wire. Huntsville guards opened fire immediately, emptying nearly 20 rounds. All the prisoners froze in their tracks and fell to the ground shaken but unhit--all except Martin E. Gurule, who scaled both walls (using either...

Author: By Sujit Raman, | Title: Life and Death in the Lone Star State | 12/1/1998 | See Source »

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