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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...breakdown, Turnbull takes to imagining himself in other eras, picturing himself as an Egyptian grave robber, a disciple of the Apostle Paul in the early church, etc. One can only assume that these departures are supposed to orient Turnbull's life and ever-present death in the greater span of history--to connect his existence with others' in some all-encompassing cyclic understanding. In comparison with the use of imagination in such classic Updike as The Centaur, however, these elderly wet dreams seem positively puerile...

Author: By Adriane N. Giebel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Death, Decay, Decline | 10/17/1997 | See Source »

During last night's game, that time span must have seemed painfully longer as Zimmerman had to watch his teammates fall behind quickly in the first quarter...

Author: By Tim M. Martin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Men's Water Polo Tumbles for Sixth Straight Time | 10/3/1997 | See Source »

Junior Tom Chalberg led the offensive attack with two straight goals in that span, but unfortunately those tallies proved to be the final points for the Crimson...

Author: By Tim M. Martin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Men's Water Polo Tumbles for Sixth Straight Time | 10/3/1997 | See Source »

...focus and substantial price, are meant for dedicated fans. If anything, "Village Vanguard" is even more demanding of its listeners for several reasons: it documents only a fiveday period and represents only nine different compositions (there are multiple versions of most songs) in its four-and-a-half hour span. And because it is a live jazz recording, the musicians take artistic risks and extend song lengths beyond what might have been done in a studio...

Author: By Abraham J. Wu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Jazz Fortune Coltrane Left Behind | 10/3/1997 | See Source »

Although the Forbes 400 span the age and experience spectrum, only two women can be included as Harvard-affiliated members of the list...

Author: By Nanaho Sawano, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Grads Are Ten Percent Of Forbes 400 | 10/2/1997 | See Source »

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