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...Chauncey Street resident reported that while shopping in Harvard Square, an unknown person cut the strap to her purse and stole it. The victim said the purse contained credit cards, over $500 in cash, her license, other indentification cards and a checkbook...

Author: By James P. Mcfadden, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cambridge Police Department Log | 5/6/1998 | See Source »

...team purchased Motorola Talk-About Plus walkie-talkies ($150 a pop). A certain player has even been known to strap a Nerf rocket launcher, accurate up to 100 feet, to his belt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXTREME GAMES | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

...addition, each S&D team member is equipped with two large Nerf guns. The team says the Super Maxx 1500, with a rotating bullet chamber, is a particularly popular model. One member of the team has evenbeen known to strap a Nerf rocket launcher,accurate up to 100 feet, to his belt...

Author: By Linnea E. Housewright, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Natural Born Killers Stalk Quincy House in Do-or-Die Game | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

Indeed, McCartney's spring '98 collection, her Chloe debut, features garments that could hardly be described as age-insensitive. There are exquisitely cut wide-leg pantsuits (one of her trademarks) and delicately patterned knee-length day dresses alongside lavender, lace-trimmed slip dresses, spaghetti-strap tops and diaphanous minis. McCartney's clothes bespeak a mature knowledge of flirtation. "We've done the feminist thing and beaten men down, and now we want to lure them back," McCartney, a tall, cheerful redhead, explains. "I think there's a danger in being too girly though...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Tired of Chic Simple? Welcome to the New Romance | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

Astronaut John Glenn used to dread going to NASA's Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. As a rookie pilot in the space agency's Mercury program, the 40-year-old Marine would periodically be required to strap himself into the tiny pod of a spacecraft simulator and wait for technicians to set it spinning in three dimensions at speeds exceeding 30 r.p.m. Using nothing more than a joystick, Glenn would have to bring the tumbling cockpit to heel. If he succeeded, he would continue in the program. If he failed, he could be bilged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Right Stuff, 36 Years Later | 1/26/1998 | See Source »

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