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Students may be laughing, but Dreyfus's campaign is attracting support--if from untraditional sources. In the race for endorsements from student groups, he is smack in the middle of the pack of candidates...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Profile of Dreyfus | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

...already threatened to turn the tragic air crash into a damaging collision between the U.S. and its best Arab ally in the Middle East. All crash investigations are extremely difficult, especially when most of the material evidence lies beneath 270 ft. of restless ocean. But this case has run smack into taut Middle East sensitivities. Egyptians and Muslims everywhere deeply resent the apparent assumption that any Islamic prayer automatically betokens an act of terror. So far, they charge, there is no other evidence to buttress a suicide theory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Prayer Before Dying | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

...soft acoustic guitars and driving rock riffs. Its songs ranged from absurdist character studies ("Antwoman") to a genuinely haunting love story ("Dark Princess"). There are also two sneering but comical tributes: "Viva! Sea-Tac," on which he proclaims that the Pacific Northwest has "the best computers and coffee and smack," and a live hidden track on which he tells a giggling audience "Don't talk to me about Gene Hackman/he's in every film/sometimes wearing a towel/and if it isn't him you get Andie Macdowell." About his friend, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, who contributes to a few tracks, Hitchcock...

Author: By Taylor R. Terry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hithcock Ages Gracefully | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

Addressing post-randomization life, Dingman said that the effort might seem to "smack of social engineering," yet explained that it would be a shame not to take advantage of the admissions office's work in creating a diverse student body...

Author: By Christopher J. Yip, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panel Stresses Importance of House Life | 11/3/1999 | See Source »

...making it to the Big Show are the ones who are going to choke. The kids who focus on putting themselves in good position, racing hard, and finishing strong are the ones getting on a plane the next week. The other kids get a one-way ticket to the Smack Down Hotel...

Author: By Elizabeth M. Lewis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. X-Country Fifth, Men Ninth at Heps | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

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