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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...early '80s were a veritable cornucopia of classic kids' movies. In 1984 alone, studios released "Footloose," "Romancing the Stone," "Gremlins," "Ghostbusters" and "Sixteen Candles"--movies that most first-years don't remember in their full-screen glory...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Songs of Innocence: Cultural Memories that First-years Just Can't Remember | 9/24/1999 | See Source »

...long as we accept the goals of randomization, we must also support this latest move to reduce blocking group size. Sixteen-person blocking groups were simply too large. Rather than selecting a small group of potential roommates to enter the lottery with, many undergraduates sought to enter their new Houses with an entire social circle already intact. This represented a great obstacle to social mixing and has inhibited the development of a new, post-randomization House life. The ability to block with all of your friends certainly makes one feel safer and more secure, but the comfort of the individual...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Eight is Enough | 9/21/1999 | See Source »

Prosecutors said the summer school student--a sixteen-year old native of Puerto Rico--missed the last train from the Boston College train stop back to Harvard Square last Thursday. When she walked to the street and tried to hail a cab at around 12:30 am, Wodja offered her a ride back to Harvard...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Summer News Wrap-Up | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

...downwind in 30 knots of wind, surfing on 20-ft. seas, carrying a spinnaker and full mainsail. And in those conditions they'll jibe the boat, with the spinnaker--at night, in the dark, alone!" Getting home alive was victory enough in the 1996-'97 race. Sixteen boats started from Biscay; nine finished. A Canadian sailor, Gerry Roufs, vanished in the Southern Ocean like a distant light winking out. The elaborate communications web binding Roufs' boat to the race's land handlers simply went dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Captains Courageous | 8/23/1999 | See Source »

Prosecutors said the summer school student--a sixteen-year old native of Puerto Rico--missed the last train from the Boston College train stop back to Harvard Square last Thursday. When she walked to the street and tried to hail a cab at around 12:30 a.m., Wodja offered her a ride back to Harvard...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Summer School Student Reports Assault Attempt | 7/23/1999 | See Source »

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