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When it comes to the underclassman look, Harvard seniors know where to do their recruiting: Annenberg. Rumor has it that a new strain of senioritus has hit the big H with the big girls hankering for little boys. "Forget about asking out a classmate," said one randy Winthrop senior, "I want to score a hot freshman guy--hell, I'll never have to see him again in my life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: groovytrain | 4/16/1998 | See Source »

Herzfeld questions Allegheny's motives and says the college was not under financial strain at the time...

Author: By Rodrigo Cruz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Herzfeld Fights for Fellow Academics | 4/16/1998 | See Source »

After nearly three years here and with virtually no warning, I was forced last week to hang up my keyboard. The reason is an insidious computer-related syndrome called Repetitive Strain Injury, for short RSI. But who would have guessed it? Sure, I work on a newspaper, I check my e-mail frequently and I concentrate in the social sciences, but my knowledge of computers is fairly limited and like the average student I don't spend more time at my keyboard than I have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Another One Bites the Dust | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...have to regulate tobacco products. McCain studied his hands for a moment, as if he were surprised to see the rubber band that he always keeps around his right wrist. Then he looked up. "It's O.K. We knew this was going to happen," he said calmly. "Remember, steady strain. You gotta keep a steady strain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain's Big Deal | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...million doesn't buy what it used to." McCain wasn't so sympathetic either. He was convinced that once the companies realized that the deal would only get worse for them the longer they held out, they would come aboard. Not that the fight is over. "Keep a steady strain," he said after the vote. "We're not home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain's Big Deal | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

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