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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...competition to become one of the first 105schools to try direct lending was stiff, in spiteof worries that the program would not be popularwith some in higher education...

Author: By Jonathan N. Axelrod, | Title: New Loan Program To Debut At Harvard | 3/8/1994 | See Source »

Johanson, though a little stiff at times, is a capable guide, narrating and often participating in a mix of on-location filming, talking-head interviews and dramatic re-creations, both historic and prehistoric. In some of the most impressive segments, actors in ingenious makeup, moving with a quasi-simian gait, bring Lucy and other protohumans eerily to life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: The Origin of Our Species | 2/28/1994 | See Source »

...backlash is under way. After two academic years of ascendant Powerbook hegemony this grey electronic fashion accessory has provoked some stiff opposition...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: DART BOARD | 2/26/1994 | See Source »

Shock, shock--those days are gone. New owner Peter Angelos dumped first beseman Glenn "Stiff" Davis (currently in the Mets' system; 'nuff said) and signed Rafael Palmeiro. They inked Sid Fernandez to replace (insert over-the-hill former NL pitcher's name here) and third baseman Chris Sabo...

Author: By Mike E. Ginsberg, | Title: Baseball is Back | 2/17/1994 | See Source »

Against a background of increasing concern in the West that Russian reform is moving in the wrong direction, the head of the International Monetary Fund announced that his agency would not back away from the stiff conditions it has sought for the release of more aid to Russia. As an IMF team arrived in Moscow, Michel Camdessus warned that the economic changes necessary to unlock $1.5 billion in aid "may not be easy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week January 30-February 5 | 2/14/1994 | See Source »

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