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...also a freshman who will soon select housing for next year. the agonizing process of choosing four Houses has left me bereft of guidance--until now, Since I am Chinese, I will obviously prefer a House with a large Asian population, namely Quincy. I and my blockmates will feel at home living there since I Asian, and there are a lot of Asian people down in Quincy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Article Exaggerates Racial Discord | 3/11/1994 | See Source »

...question of "how" in this is instance is best left to the House Select Committee on Intelligence who will carry out (in the words of Rep. Dan Glickman, its chair) "an extensive and exhaustive review" of the matter...

Author: By Samuel J. Rascoff, | Title: Rise of the Bourgeois Spy | 3/7/1994 | See Source »

...timing could hardly have been worse for Director of Central Intelligence R. James Woolsey. With the embarrassing Aldrich Ames spy case spread across the nation's front pages last week, Woolsey had to go up to Capitol Hill for one of his public sessions before the House Select Committee on Intelligence. The small hearing room in the Rayburn Building was jammed, and Woolsey's bald head reflected the glare of television lights as he announced he would have nothing to say in open session about the details of the Ames case. The committee chairman, Democrat Dan Glickman of Kansas, accepted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Company in Question | 3/7/1994 | See Source »

Anonymous went to a designer friend and tried to select something that didn't scream "DEB." "It's kind of silly but I made sure I chose one with a very straight skirt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debutantes in Our Midst | 3/3/1994 | See Source »

Unburdened with common sense which would recommend firsthand observation or a broader sampling of opinions, she uses the accounts of select witnesses only to buttress her preconception: that a course without sections or papers must needs be a "gut." I know from my experience as a teaching fellow that many Harvard undergraduates, so long used to learning under compulsion, tend to abuse the kind of liberty Professor Fleming offers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: History Course Is Not a 'Gut' | 2/24/1994 | See Source »

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