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Police doctors said he appeared tired but otherwise in good shape. The sources said he was not blindfolded and was generally treated well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Campos' Father Returned Safe | 2/24/1999 | See Source »

...presidency feels different to us now, less a solid than a liquid, too vast for any one man to poison permanently, yet so fluid it molds to the shape of the vessel it's poured into. For much of this century, particularly from Franklin Roosevelt on, the men wore the office, borrowed its majesty to wage war or make peace. Modern Presidents cannot count on that mystique. Now the office wears the man. In the age of 24-hour news channels, it is the man we recognize and judge, which is why Reagan's power was utterly different from Carter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightmare's End | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

...became more and more complex. Better access to materials led to a greater numbers of ribs in the body, and new treatments of gut led to a greater range of strings. So the middle Renaissance lute had six courses whereas later instruments had up to 13 or 14. The shape of the body also changed from being almost round in the Renaissance to having a more elongated from during the Baroque period. In order to accommodate more strings, one type of bass lute had two pegboxes, and from this variation developed in turn the orbo and the chitarrone, instruments used...

Author: By Jerome L. Martin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Soundtrack for a Titian | 2/19/1999 | See Source »

Knowles said he expects to have proposals to "shape" neuroscience and computational sciences in the near future...

Author: By Tara L. Colon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Knowles Presents Financial Aid, Hiring Projects to Faculty | 2/18/1999 | See Source »

Regardless of who is to blame for the problem,Cambridge stores are facing an ultimatum: shape upor ship...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Local Stores Beef Up Theft Control Methods | 2/17/1999 | See Source »

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