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According to a Monday press release published by HUL, the Mellon grant will allow the library’s Weissman Preservation Center to hire a senior photograph conservator and a slew of specialized restoration technicians—all positions that did not exist before the grant was awarded...

Author: By Leon Neyfakh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gift Will Help Preserve Photos | 9/22/2004 | See Source »

More surprising than the magnitude of Bush’s bounce, however, is the fact that Kerry seems to be taking it sitting down. Rather than challenge the president with a slew of obvious and legitimate criticisms—a costly war fought on what now appear to be false pretenses, an economy in recession, a nation hemorrhaging jobs, a $400 billion budget deficit—Kerry seems to be trying to stay above it all, being elusive rather than clear, being hopelessly optimistic rather than perhaps fatally realistic. His most publicized statements, such as last week?...

Author: By Peter CHARLES Mulcahy, | Title: Dear John | 9/15/2004 | See Source »

Following behind McLean-Foreman and Bienvenu—who came in fourth place—was a slew of sophomore runners that are heading into this season more healthy and in better shape than ever before...

Author: By Gabriel M. Velez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's, Women's Cross Country Finish in Top Five | 9/13/2004 | See Source »

...foreign-language movie grossing $130 million in North America is likely to have imitators. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon inspired a slew of upmarket Chinese-language action films. Director Zhang Yimou's Hero--retitled Jet Li's Hero for its U.S. release--is the gravest, the most ravishingly beautiful. The best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Men, Women and Fighting | 8/23/2004 | See Source »

...swimming phenomenon Michael Phelps has been--to borrow a phrase from Visa, one of his sponsors--everywhere he wants to be. Since the 19-year-old became the first person to break five individual world records at a single meet last summer, his mighty fine physique has graced a slew of magazine covers (including those of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, ESPN and TIME), thousands of credit cards (Chase started issuing them in April) and an unprecedented six national TV commercials that feature the hydrophilic Olympic hopeful doing everything from racing a dolphin (for Argent Mortgage) to swimming laps across the Atlantic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Gold Mining | 8/23/2004 | See Source »

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