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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...It’s a small group, we’re not nomads but we live out of suitcases more than half of the year. It’s tough because sometimes you have to play your friends, and it can be very competitive. Sometimes you have to be selfish but at the same time you’ve shared all these experiences,” she says...

Author: By Ashley B.T. Ma, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tennis Pro Retires Into Class of '05 | 6/9/2005 | See Source »

...religious or social conservatives, such as myself, the overriding economic mindset of some of our conservative brethren seems out of place or even selfish. Someone once wrote something to the effect that “the free market is the least conservative institution on earth;” and they are absolutely right. In principle the idea of a free market is better than socialism, but completely untrammeled free-markets are immoral and cruel. The label of “libertarian” is unpopular because of some of the more outrageous members of that political grouping, but I would...

Author: By Mark A. Adomanis, | Title: Forward or Backward? | 5/25/2005 | See Source »

...it’s a very selfish thing for me to do,” Smith says of his canvassing. “I want it when I get married; I want to be able to marry anyone I want...

Author: By Brendan R. Linn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City Toasts Gay Marriage Milestone | 5/16/2005 | See Source »

Honestly, though, independence is about being a little selfish sometimes and indulging in the things you love. Enjoy time with your friends and family, focus on your school work and extracurriculars...

Author: By Nicole B. Urken, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: DEAR NIKKI: Salivation and Salvation | 5/2/2005 | See Source »

...Loker Commons, assuming some FMO janitor will mop it up. Sometimes when that happens we’re even glad to expunge the calories we consumed at John Harvard’s, worried that they’ll go to our thighs. Which type of puking is more selfish and reprehensible...

Author: By Sarah M. Seltzer, POP AND FIZZ | Title: Act Your Age | 4/29/2005 | See Source »

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