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...this category is the secret upstairs room of the Lowell House library, accessible through a very steep metal stair at the back of the copy room (light switch at the top). The room contains a wonderfully arranged collection of everything from Wittgenstein and the Gitas to early American treatises on expansion, character...

Author: By Maryanthe E. Malliaris, | Title: Sense of Place | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...price hike in and of itself comes as a surprise to no one, seeing as how the team has made it an offseason tradition these past four years. But a spike as steep as this one--the largest ever by the Red Sox and, as far as anyone can tell, the biggest in baseball history as well--was enough to make you cough up your Thanksgiving dinner...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Legends of the Fall: For Sox Fans, It's Time to Take One for the Team | 11/28/2000 | See Source »

...when pursuing the "good life" comes at the cost of a sense of personal fulfillment, the price is steep. Many of the alums I ran into at The Game who are taking two years out to make some money before they go on to some venture "they really like" seemed very eager to move on. They hadn't given up on the "good life," but they were weary about its cost...

Author: By John PAUL Rollert, | Title: Tailgating, Harvard Style | 11/22/2000 | See Source »

...deep dip Monday that had Bush surrogate-in-chief James Baker invoking "instability" as a reason to stop the re-recounting in Florida, both the Dow and NASDAQ have been going about their bargain-hunting unperturbed by the legal and political quagmires in the Sunshine State. Both indexes posted steep three-digit gains Tuesday. On Wednesday the buyback continued - apparently some investors see an end to the Florida mess by next week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amid the Craziness, Greenspan Stays the Course | 11/15/2000 | See Source »

...deep dip Monday that had Bush surrogate-in-chief James Baker invoking "instability" as a reason to stop the re-recounting in Florida, both the Dow and NASDAQ have been going about their bargain-hunting unperturbed by the legal and political quagmires in the Sunshine State. Both indexes posted steep three-digit gains Tuesday. On Wednesday the buyback continued - apparently some investors see an end to the Florida mess by next week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amid the Craziness, Greenspan Stays the Course | 11/15/2000 | See Source »

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