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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have been a jock for five years now. It has always carried a stigma with it, but never so pronounced as it is now at the "diversity capital of the world." Just because I am what some would call big does not make me stupid. I am shocked about the treatment that some of us "jocks" receive. It may be true that athletics is a good way to get into Harvard, but is that necessarily a bad thing? If we are to be a truly diverse community, we must accept physical as well as intellectual and artistic abilities into...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Athletes Contribute to Harvard's Diversity | 3/12/1993 | See Source »

...spend money on stupid things," said resident J. Andrew Kent '93, citing the purchase of a gong for the dining hall. "I'd personally rather have a laser printer or a grill...

Author: By Alec Permison, | Title: Most Undergrads Like House Committees | 3/10/1993 | See Source »

...their phone calls and later reneged on the promises made by the phone-sales staff. Only Roy got a job offer -- which he figured would pay him $5 an hour after expenses -- to work at the North Pole. Repeated demands for a refund went unanswered. "I feel like a stupid idiot," says Roy. "When somebody tells you to get ready and go in a month, you start tying up loose ends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nice Work If You Can Get It | 3/8/1993 | See Source »

...name may announce something -- or conceal something. In some societies, ; the Arab or Chinese, for example, a beautiful child may be called by a depreciating name -- "Dog," "Stupid," "Ugly," say -- in order to ward off the evil eye. Hillary Rodham knew that in some parts of the political wilds, she attracted the evil eye to the 1992 Democratic ticket. So during her demure, cookie-baker phase, she was emphatically "Hillary Clinton," mute, nodding adorer and helpmate of Bill. She half-concealed herself in "Hillary Clinton" until the coast was clear. With the Inauguration, the formal, formidable triple name has lumbered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Strange Burden of a Name | 3/8/1993 | See Source »

...proposing so blunt a program, especially so huge a tax hike, Clinton was feeding raw meat to his Republican opponents. In the hours before the speech, G.O.P. lawmakers were already displaying a banner reading, IT'S THE SPENDING, STUPID! Radio blowtorch Rush Limbaugh bet the Democratic National Committee $1 million that by Jan. 1, 1995, inflation, unemployment, interest rates and the federal deficit will all be higher and that Clinton's approval rating in the polls will be 45% or less. David Wilhelm of the D.N.C. replied with a counteroffer: If the Clinton plan works, Limbaugh will have to give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill Clinton: Working the Crowd | 3/1/1993 | See Source »

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