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...revered as a player? On this night he might as well have beaten Babe Ruth?s homerun record. ?This is for my father and stepfather and all those guys who kept watching,? said Bob McCauley, 54, who had traveled from South Boston to see his team win. ?I was seventeen in 1967 and the loss to the Cardinals in the World Series was killer for me. But this changes everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sweeping Beauty | 10/28/2004 | See Source »

Damn we seniors are feeling popular! Seventeen people asked us to vote for them for Class Marshal this year. But one of these candidates—you know who you are—who saw us at that Canaday Bash and never said hi, or pointedly ignored us when sitting at the same table in Adams that Tuesday sophomore year, better not be expecting this vote. This is what democracy looks like, you asshole...

Author: By Elizabeth W. Green, Michael M. Grybaum, Sarah M. Seltzer, Zachary M. Seward, and Simon W. Vozick-levenson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Gadfly: The Week in Buzz | 10/7/2004 | See Source »

...regardless of how the University chooses to spend its gains this year, Harvard’s in-house management team deserves thanks for outperforming the median university return by over seventeen percent. No increase in endowment payouts would be possible without their expert management...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Flexing Harvard's Endowment | 9/20/2004 | See Source »

...call it the bye-bye-to-Britney look," says Teen Vogue editor in chief Amy Astley, referring to the scantily clad pop princess Britney Spears. In its back-to-school issue, the magazine showcased (gasp!) high-waisted jeans, kilts and tweed blazers. Seventeen advised readers to opt for below-the-knee skirts and higher-waisted pants. The look is in full force in stores, with Old Navy pushing Argyle tube tops and ballet flats and H&M stocked with modest blouses that Paris Hilton wouldn't be caught dead in. Even perennially preppy retailers like J. Crew are taking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Preppy Goes Back to School | 8/30/2004 | See Source »

...preppier, more conservative apparel. No, teens are not gathering to burn their low-rider jeans, but waistlines are inching back up, and Argyle sweaters and plaid skirts abound. "I'm not saying these girls want to wear turtlenecks and high-waisted pants," says Gina Kelly, fashion director of Seventeen. "They just don't want to look cheesy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Preppy Goes Back to School | 8/30/2004 | See Source »

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