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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prefer diversity, but not for it's own sake," he says, "No particular group has a corner on the class.... We go where the talent goes," he says...

Author: By Tobie E. Whitman, | Title: Checked Off | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

...unrelated SCUE project, the group will encourage "learning for the sake of learning" by offering five preceptorials in the fall...

Author: By Stephanie Cooperman, THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN | Title: Ivy League Roundup | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

...heroin, for God's sake. We're not talking about cocaine. And it's not like you couldn't be doing that either. There's no risk here of overdose. Of highs. Of dealers. Of addiction. Well, I guess there's a risk of that...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: An After Dessert Thing | 4/3/1997 | See Source »

...could not see himself fitting in with traditional society, and felt at home with Heaven's Gate? Or the mother from Cincinatti, who spotted Applewhite's writings on the Internet and felt compelled to leave her three boys and newborn twin girls to join the group? For their sake, if not for all 39 of the dead, we should stifle a bit of our condescension and maintain the humility that should infuse any discussion of faith...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Heaven Help Us | 4/1/1997 | See Source »

...only have three years left until the big millennial shift--actually the new millennium doesn't begin for four years, but for the sake of pop culture and a great tradition of miseducation, let's just play along with the year 2000 hype...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: techTALK | 4/1/1997 | See Source »

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