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...when push came to shove, Harvardforked over the $2,000 in direct grant aid. TheMunoz family, with a sister about to get married,faced an unexpected burden, Harvard ruled...

Author: By Joshua L. Kwan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Quiet Financial Aid Battle an Experiment Before Fall Policy Change | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

...fact that when push came to shove this spring, Gates suddenly started tossing out concessions like bonbons, however, tends to suggest that deep down he's known all along things aren't quite that simple. The past few weeks have been tough on Microsoft. Everyone from the DOJ to foreign governments to a growing band of state attorneys general stood ready to take the company to court. Its latest bumbling p.r. gambit--trotting out computer-industry execs like windup toys to halfheartedly raise the specter of widespread economic disaster should Win 98 be delayed, even for a matter of months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Headed For Battle | 5/25/1998 | See Source »

...inner circle of Mary's friends, a troika who have requested anonymity even as they talk among themselves of a "campaign" to burnish Mary's public image, insist that Steve was having affairs and abusing Mary, mostly verbally but with an occasional shove. (Steve Letourneau and his lawyer turned down several interview requests.) It got to the point that they were barely civil. Therapist Moore says Mary remembered that when she told Steve about her father's cancer, he growled, "What do you want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Matter Of Hearts | 5/4/1998 | See Source »

...enter an open passageway or do we grasp the knob of our own door to shove our way in? A Harvard degree comes with lofty expectations, and to fall short of these expectations is equivalent to failure for many. But to saunter through the door wide open, if such a way existed--would that be to succeed...

Author: By Jim Cocola, | Title: Only a Door | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

...audience was an undercover cop who not only didn't recognize the singer but also arrested him for performing a "lewd act." To add insult to arrest, Michael had to suffer the advice of his frequent taunter Boy George, who wrote in a tab: "When push comes to shove, we are sisters under the skin." Boy was right. On Friday night Michael expressed regret for the embarrassing incident and admitted on CNN that he is in a relationship with a man. Asked why he was outing himself now, Michael said, "I've already kind of done that, haven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 20, 1998 | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

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