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...beginning of their second semester, first-year students are hitting their stride, just in time to make a series of decisions that will define the rest of their Harvard experience. With blocking groups and randomization, they will move out of the Yard. With concentration decisions, they will move into a department...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Moving In Moving On Moving Out | 2/5/1999 | See Source »

That may change. After an early career that mixed such successes as Islands in the Net (1988) with several quickly remaindered efforts, Sterling hit his stride with Heavy Weather (1994), a novel about tornado freaks published two years pre-Twister, and Holy Fire (1996), a haunting meditation on life-extension technology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cyberpunk Spinmeister | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

...playing that provided interesting variety to the show on Sunday night. Looking like an unlikely candidate for blues guitarist extraodinaire, he strolled onto the stage and proceeded to take over. While not expecting a blues show in the middle of the night, the crowd took it in enthusiastic stride and was praising Seth's playing for the rest of the night. The rest of the band adapted well to the new style and Anastasio and Jakominski seemed to connect as both jammed blues-style for the end of the first half of the show. Including a cover of Eric Clapton...

Author: By Emma R. Heeschen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Thanksgiving Treat For Phish Fans | 12/11/1998 | See Source »

...least it better. This unseasonable weather has upended the social order of the community. Unrepetenant first-years from California stride about in shorts. Tourists are wearing sunglasses. Any day now, the University will be spreading fresh grass seed in the Yard. Dartboard will continue to wait for the snow, but for the good of the University, it better come soon. THE SHOW MUST GO ON--Dara Horn; SUNNY DAYS--Alan E. Wirzbicki

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DARTBOARD | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

...resonance. And at the end, the movie tops itself with comic outtakes, undoubtedly the funniest finale of any cartoon feature. Antz may have amused viewers with its sidewise wit, but as a comprehensive vision of computerized moviemaking, Pixar's dream works. And when A Bug's Life hits its stride, it's antastic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bugs Funny | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

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