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...about who controls that, and how they're distributing it." Mutterings can be heard. A dark-haired senior with horn-rimmed glasses grumbles about "having a 19-billion dollar endowment and no equipment," while the blond female mentions grants, budgets, and out-of-pocket expenses. And finally, a soft-spoken young man quietly mentions "the Administration...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani and Christina B. Rosenberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Food Fight | 10/6/2000 | See Source »

Spencer George, a similarly soft-spoken and diminutive freshman, has twice emerged as an unlikely hero for the men's soccer team this season...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sports Spotlight: Spencer George `04 | 10/4/2000 | See Source »

...soft-spoken man with a charming Scandanavian accent, Ekstrom delivers lectures that may be more conducive to meditation than note-taking, but the fascinating subject matter and approach should be enough to inspire...

Author: By Alex B. Ginsberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Shop Until You Drop | 9/21/2000 | See Source »

Driving upstate one afternoon, Eriksen, a soft-spoken, bearded 50-year-old, made several stops to appease residents. In Hope Township, he calmed Wayne Forte, whose English pointer, Bonnie, had tangled with a 300-lb. bear in the woods behind his house (the dog escaped unscathed). In Warren County, Eriksen surveyed John Suk's 140-acre cornfield, where another bear had chowed down, leaving a swath of husks in her wake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Bears Get the Munchies | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

...there as the only remaining heir to her father's triumphant victory. In a role that probably would have fallen to her brother if he were alive, Caroline stood, visibly nervous, reminding the gathered that "we are the New Frontier." This was not a battle cry, exactly; Caroline's soft-spoken temperament doesn't lend itself to barn-burning. But she touched on the issues the Democrats wanted to hear: gun control, abortion rights, civil rights and her father's legacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Democrats Look to Kennedys Past — and Kennedys Future | 8/16/2000 | See Source »

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