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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...grapes, but fear that this will only serve the "yes" side and not the democratic process. Students who want grapes in the dining halls will all vote "yes" while students who wish to maintain the boycott will have five different options to choose from. The "no" vote will be split five ways, giving the "yes" side a distinct and unfair advantage. I would suggest as an alternative that there be an initial referendum giving students just two choices--a "yes" or a "no" to ending the boycott on grapes. If the "no" side wins, then perhaps there could...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Choices for Grapes | 11/25/1997 | See Source »

...Ticket distribution: The decision to hold the speech in Sanders Theatre was not appropriate. The auditorium is split into two areas (mezzanine and balcony) that cannot see and hear each other. In particular, the press in the mezzanine could not see what was happening in the balcony. The lottery procedure was biased, far from random. According to The Crimson (Oct. 23), more than 1,100 members of the Harvard community entered the lottery for about 500 to 600 seats. Out of 34 Harvard students who participated in organizing the protest rally,19 took part in the lottery (the others mostly...

Author: By Yawen Cheng and Hsph; Spokesperson, S | Title: Disingenuous Puppeteers | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

Sony Pictures has become a cornucopia of hits: Jerry Maguire, Anaconda, My Best Friend's Wedding, Air Force One (another split with Disney) and the summer's box-office champ, Men in Black, which has grossed $243 million in the U.S. alone. Funny thing is, these hits were put together by guys who got fired a year ago, after the studio suffered through more than five money-losing years that bottomed out with Sony Corp. taking a $3.2 billion write-off--essentially admitting its investment had been worthless. Despite having ably handled the flock of pictures he inherited, Calley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SONY'S BLOCKBUSTER SEQUEL | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

...International Creative Child and Adult Month --International Drum Month --Real Jewelry Month --1-7: National Fig Week --2: Plan Your Epitaph Day --2-8: National Chemistry Week --2-8: National Osteopathic Medicine Week --2-8: National Split Pea Week --3-7: Drug-Free Babies Week --3-7: National Notary Public Week --8: Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day --9-15: Operating-Room Nurse Week --10-16: Release Your Beauty for the Holidays Week --17: Homemade Bread Day --19: Have a Bad Day Day --20: United Nations Africa Industrialization Day --21-27: National Farm-City Week --21: World Hello...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Nov. 17, 1997 | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

...completion set up the Crimson at the Quakers 31-yard line. Three plays later Harvard found itself in a fourth-and-two situation at the Penn 23 and once again was able to convert, this time with a nine-yard completion to senior split end Colby Skelton, who made a diving catch...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IVY CHAMPS! | 11/16/1997 | See Source »

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