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About 88 percent, or 380, of the 429 rooming groups that entered the lottery received one of their four choices, according to Housing Officer Kay M. Millett. The figure represents a slight increase from last year, when 85 percent of first-year rooming groups received one of their four choices...

Author: By Philip P. Pan, | Title: IT'S LEE! | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

William Graham, 47, still speaks with a slight Southern twang, a remnant of his years in Chapel Hill, N.C., where he grew up and attended college. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1965 with a degree in history and literature...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: Meeting the Masters | 5/20/1991 | See Source »

...HATE HAMLET. Nicol Williamson may really be John Barrymore's ghost -- he looks, sounds and swashbuckles like him as the bravura otherworldly mentor to a young TV star turned tragedian in this slight but fetching Broadway comedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Apr. 29, 1991 | 4/29/1991 | See Source »

...That slight mishap did not slow the express at all, as the Crimson almost tallied another pushover try minutes later. The Crusaders' scrum half jumped offside intentionally, though, hoping for a penalty...

Author: By John B. Roberts, | Title: M. Ruggers Crush Holy Cross, 22-4 | 4/26/1991 | See Source »

...rules of rape avoidance in the life of any man, however, are clearer. In fact, there is only one rule. If you're not sure that your partner is willing, stop and ask. The consequences of doing so are slight, and temporary--embarrassment, hurt pride, the end of the evening. The consequences of failing to do so are likely to be traumatizing and lifelong--for everyone involved...

Author: By Janet A. Viggiani, | Title: Sex: Laying Down the Law | 4/23/1991 | See Source »

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