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...common courtesy, respectability, manners and decency) is that basic, minimal level of civility upon which most constructive human interaction is based. Home training teaches us to say hello to people who greet us, not to yell in church or pick our noses in public or let the door slam behind us in someone's face. But may be these concepts are too trivial for the Harvard student who is busy becoming a future leader. After all, company executives, mayors and doctors will never need to know how to interact with people, will they...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: Manners and Other Trivial Things | 2/10/1997 | See Source »

...defense were junior Mike Scott, who set the school record for steals with seven, and Snowden, who pulled down 13 boards. Perhaps the most satisfying point of the game came off of Scott's fifth steal when he ran down the court and wowed the crowd with a slam dunk...

Author: By Joseph W. Lind, | Title: Second Semester | 2/3/1997 | See Source »

Martina Hingis is living up to her namesake (Navratilova, that is). When the 16-year-old Swiss miss beat Mary Pierce to win the Australian Open, she became the youngest female to earn a Grand Slam title in 110 years. Hingis also claimed the doubles crown. "Next time I have to play mixed doubles so I can win that too," she told the crowd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 3, 1997 | 2/3/1997 | See Source »

...more interesting because you'll see a Harvard boat go over and slam a B.U. boat so another Harvard boat can get ahead, or someone pull their boat into position so the breeze hits their boat and not a boat for the other team," Stearns says...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Offbeat Sports Attract Team Players but Not Fans | 1/8/1997 | See Source »

...Whitney Houston, who plays the wife of a disillusioned minister. Her co-star, Denzel Washington, is a sexy angel who wants to save Houston's neighborhood church as well as her troubled marriage. On paper, the movie looks as if it has all the ingredients for a box-office slam dunk. But there's one thing missing: white people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: TESTING THE FAITH | 12/16/1996 | See Source »

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