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However, it was here that the roof caved in on Harvard, with the Irish netting six unanswered goals, five of them in a span of under five-and-a-half minutes...

Author: By Dean M. Mades, | Title: Fighting Irish Outslug M. Lax | 4/29/1997 | See Source »

Each year, Chang is faced with a last-minute scramble. And each year, all prefrosh end up with a roof over their heads...

Author: By Georgia N. Alexakis, | Title: Prefrosh Plan Falls Hundreds Of Hosts Short | 4/11/1997 | See Source »

...looks up from studying in one building to muse on the ornament and scale of another. Then, on the brink of the next century, Harvard can boast it has restored, finally and completely, a building from the last century. As Bunting wrote in his 1985 history, "When the tower roof, clock, and cresting have been replaced, Memorial Hall in century-old splendor will resume its pivotal visual role in the world of Harvard." We can only hope...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Seeking Money for Memorial Hall | 4/11/1997 | See Source »

...group stumbled into a magnificent wreck. Water poured through a hole in the roof, mushrooms grew on the floor. "The theater was almost impassable," Stern recalls. "Plaster was all over the stairs, like an alpine slag heap. We each carried giant flashlights and wore hard hats. Birds were flying through, dropping their stuff as we passed. It was a mess, but of course a very romantic mess. Michael was quick to see not only the romance but the potential." What Eisner also came to see, after two years of tough negotiations, was a deal that included low-interest loans from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIRACLE ON 42ND ST. | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

...rolled in, Oaks' private computer network proved as difficult to reach as the real America Online. Early in the action, his first humvee was taken out by an armored personnel carrier hiding behind a ridge. (The direct hit was indicated by a flashing yellow roof light and a humiliating siren crying Whoop! Whoop! Whoop!) When Oaks transferred operations to a second vehicle, electronic disaster struck. "Every computer I've got has crashed!" he shouted three hours into the battle, and reached for the paper maps, acetate overlays and colored markers that have been the battle-planning tools of U.S. commanders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WIRED FOR WAR | 3/31/1997 | See Source »

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