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...John Harvard sits stoically while swarms of tourists attack him with flashbulbs and greasy fingers. By night, stumbling freshman stop to perch on his pedestal, temporarily transforming Harvard's "founder" into a fountain. During Harvard-Yale weekend, John rarely escapes evil Elis' spray paint. As much as students complain about the stresses of Harvard life, it's Harvard himself who goes through hell on a daily basis...

Author: By V. C. Hallett, | Title: IN DEFENSE OF JOHN HARVARD | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

COAT Washed in Treseme shampoo; sprayed with water, hair spray and cornstarch (to whiten it up); conditioned to help pesky split ends; and fluffed up during judging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Artifact | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

...washed walls of this oversized freezer are colorfully decorated with various little snowmen clad in black top hats, red scarves, corn cob pipes and overflowing bags of ice. Unable to resist the vast gleaming white sides of the ice cabin, crafty taggers continuously sully the innocent snowmen with black spray paint. Not only a last-minute resource for party melt-downs, the structure also acts as a billboard for the company's other products such as 40 pounders, Dry Ice, Cocktail Ice and the legendary Booze Luge, all of which can be delivered with the ease of a phone call...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Big | 2/18/1999 | See Source »

While the murder of Matthew Shepard is the most horrendous example of hate crime, hate crime legislation is also vital in the prevention of lesser crimes which have the effect of terrorizing whole group of citizens. Surely spray-painted swastikas and burning crosses are far more pernicious than ordinary vandalism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Punishing Hate | 2/9/1999 | See Source »

...disagrees--and not without reason. Say what they will about Terminator, even some detractors admit that the company designs a hell of a seed. The maker of one of the world's most popular herbicides, Monsanto has created crops that are resistant to the toxin. With it, farmers can spray away weeds without spraying away their harvest. The company has also developed plants with a built-in toxin that is harmless to humans but lethal to insects. If farmers in the developing world use these muscled-up crops--even with Terminator genes--their harvests might increase enough to cover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Suicide Seeds | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

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