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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact is, according to Article IV, Section 1, of the council's constitution, any undergraduate may do everything a representative does in any Sunday council meeting except vote and make motions. That means that not only can I show up Sunday nights to hear how my reps claim to be representing me, but I can speak for myself, for the record, as well. I can remind the council myself that the advising system needs serious attention and that Karaoke Night in Loker Commons last year was not worth the money...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: U.C. Needs Student Backing | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

...blocks for plastic explosives. The FBI says the packages were removed at the end of the tests, but the exercise could have left debris that may "possibly relate to the trace residues previously identified" on parts of the plane. Indeed, the PETN found on the floor of the passenger section and the RDX found at the back of the rear cargo compartment of the destroyed plane have been baffling investigators because neither deposit bears any evidence of "observable bomb damage" that might indicate the presence of an explosive device...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A THEORY GONE TO THE DOGS | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

...Fast-growing seaweed is always threatening to engulf the reefs, but it is usually kept in check by grazing fish. About a decade ago, a team of marine scientists conducted an experiment off the coast of Belize that proves this point. To keep fish out, the researchers surrounded a section of coral the size of a small pasture with a chicken-wire fence. Within 10 weeks, they found, the area inside the fence had been completely overgrown by seaweed and many of the corals had died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WRECKING THE REEFS | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

...limited to the boardroom. After all, wife No. 1 was old-think, a mom-and-pop store in an age of mergers and acquisitions. Wife No. 2 by lavishly spreading the shark's money around to hospital and museum boards, was soon lionized in the pages of the Living Section and Vogue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WASHINGTON DIARY: THE GAY DIVORCES | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

That push toward success continues here, and it enriches the College in many of the ways the contributions of highly motivated students enrich high schools. There are a huge number of worthwhile extracurriculars on campus. Section discussions are often challenging and dynamic. You can always find someone doing something interesting...

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: Asking A New Question | 9/26/1996 | See Source »

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