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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Randy curls the mustache into a sinister little shape, slicks his mohawk to one side and starts dancing to Elvis's "Return to Sender." He laughs and sticks the prop back in his pocket. Beth jumps up and runs down the steps to say goodbye to some preppy kids who are leaving for the day. She hugs them; they hug back, gingerly, avoiding the spikes on her vest...

Author: By Micaela K. Root and Anna M. Schneider-mayerson, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: CRLS.: The Kids Next Door | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

With new funds forming a solid foundation, Radcliffe can begin to shape a genuine academic community out of its once-disparate parts...

Author: By Rosalind S. Helderman and Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Money in the Bank | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

Harvard looked to be in great shape to start the second half. But as the first play from scrimmage indicated, the game was far from over...

Author: By Richard A. Perez, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Paradise Almost Lost | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...trying to find a way across the open water." He was thrilled by the Arctic, "one of the most unusual places in the world--the beautiful blue colors of the ice, the sparkle of the sun." Travelers of any age are welcome but must be in very good physical shape and willing to spend $25,000, the cost of the trip. Northwest Passage also offers less expensive ways to realize a polar dream, including a $6,000 ski-and-dogsled trek across Ellesmere, Canada's northernmost island. Adventurers travel through an expanse of mountains, fjords and giant icebergs, observing polar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Fulfill a Fantasy | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

Failing to tough out my own problems, I hand him my fishing line, which I now have tangled into the shape of a bird's nest, a condor's. He begins to work at it with saintly patience, then to my great relief, shows normal human frustration by letting out an expletive that has to do with maternity and copulation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YVON CHOUINARD: Reaching the Top by Doing the Right Thing | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

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