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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...kind of like Romeo and Juliet, only Juliet is a married teacher who gave birth to the daughter of Romeo, who was her student in a sixth-grade classroom. O.K., it's nothing like Romeo and Juliet, but it sure is weird. The attractive Seattle teacher, MARY KAY LETOURNEAU, 35, who gave birth to the burly pupil's daughter this year, had been claiming mutual, consensual love. But last week she tearfully apologized in court and was sentenced to six months in prison--instead of the maximum 7 1/2--after pleading guilty to two counts of second-degree child rape. LeTourneau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 24, 1997 | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...Marshall lost a 17-14 heartbreaker at East Carolina--its sixth defeat in nine games. Still, as the players, coaches and boosters boarded the Southern Airways DC-9 in Greenville, N.C., there was the feeling of promise, as well as of escape from the winless seasons of '67 and '68 and a subsequent recruiting scandal that had got Marshall thrown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BONUS STORY: A TRIUMPH OF WILL | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...mean it doesn't continue. There are other senses we can use to spot the members of Harvard's paranormal community. Part of the problem may be that Harvard students are just too dependent on their five senses: sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing. Most totally ignore their sixth sense, otherwise known as their "sixth sense." Those that don't fall into this trap see no shortage of Harvard haunts. Several years ago, Young recounts, a spiritualist was invited to speak in Massachusetts Hall. "Students had expressed an interest in that sort of thing, and this lady had worked with...

Author: By Drake P. Bennett, | Title: Twilight Zone: The College Years | 11/20/1997 | See Source »

Radcliffe finished with the same total score (187) as fifth-place Connecticut College and sixth-place Dartmouth, but lost out on tiebreakers. Radcliffe was also closer to second-place St. Mary's (172) than to eighth-place Charleston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women's Sailing Places Seventh | 11/19/1997 | See Source »

...spite of the heavier competition, the lightweights were still in the top half of the field, placing sixth in a field...

Author: By Monica Lamb, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Radcliffe Crew Earns High Finishes in Foot | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

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