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Having had a hand in picking someone to help lead his pet project--the campaign--Stone's next project may be to select another to spend its fruit...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard's Kingmaker: Robert G. Stone Jr., `45 Leads the Presidential Search Committee | 9/19/2000 | See Source »

...once every generation, out of hundreds of thousands of young hopefuls, along comes a talent like Thorpe. Not only does he have the oversized body (1.95 m) that is perfect for power aquatics; other swimmers believe he is also the hardest-working athlete of a select breed. "I'm very fortunate to have what I have, and really it is a gift," Thorpe said. "And I'm very thankful for that." Thorpe's long, graceful stroke and explosive kick were on show in the 400-meter freestyle. He was a full second ahead at the first turn and swam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Stuff of Heroes | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

Those letters, plus follow-up telephone calls to Faculty members have allowed the site to offer reading lists from more than 100 of the largest courses on campus. In the past, the site featured books from a handful of courses in select concentrations...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New 'UC Books' Site Goes Online with Coop Prices, More Books | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

...Harvard Business School Press and the Lightbulb Press, publisher of The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money and Investing. Acadio also provides customer reviews. And within the next six months the site will introduce a function that allows a prospective student to take a five-minute sample of select interactive courses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Going Back To Class Online | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

...tops. He said it felt good, even empowering, to tell his doctors what the next step would be, rather than the other way around--even if the price was death. At his instruction, his mother and his sisters Twilia and Tammey promptly went to a local funeral home to select a casket and an urn. He trusts their taste better than his own, though he has decided to wear his white Chicago Bears sweater, one of his favorites, for the final visitation. For the service, he's compiled a tape of songs, starting with the Beatles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Stories: In Their Last Days On This Earth | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

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