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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...student groups are spawned at Harvard nearly as often as tourists rub John Harvard's lucky toe. In 1996-1997, when most current seniors arrived on campus, there were 186 student groups officially recognized by the College. Now, there are over...

Author: By Gregory S. Krauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Class of 2000 Bequeaths 34 New Student Groups to Harvard | 6/8/2000 | See Source »

...office, for instance, should disappear, replaced by wireless systems that zap voice, data and video through the air. Smart materials could make any surface or gadget feel like wood one day and metal the next. Intelligent chairs might conform perfectly to your posture, giving you a much needed back rub in the process. Embedded systems and biometric, body-sensing technology will enable every piece of hardware, from cell phones and PDAs to PCs, to know exactly who you are and where, as well as to communicate with every other piece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will Our Offices Look Like? | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

...know if they hit them with [the lamb] or rub it all over them," one audience member admitted...

Author: By Zachary R. Heineman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cabot Auction Draws Crowds With 'Lambing' | 4/28/2000 | See Source »

...production of this hormone trails off gradually in men after the age of 30 or so, not many men now seek testosterone-replacement therapy (not that they necessarily need to) or even get their T levels tested. But replace the needles and patches with a gel, something you just rub into the skin like coconut oil during spring break at Daytona Beach, and suddenly the whole idea seems plausible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are You Man Enough? | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

...faces attention from a different quarter. The Justice Department's task force on campaign finance has stepped up its probe into $50,000 he gave the Democratic Party in 1996, after allegedly arranging for a Chinese arms dealer to come to a White House fund-raising coffee. The rub for Green is that he told Senate investigators who were trying to determine if he had been illegally reimbursed by fund raiser Charlie Trie that he'd never received funds from Trie, who had introduced Green to the Chinese official...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Finance: Civil Rights Heroes Too? | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

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