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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Weather gets a bad rap for a lot of reasons. For one thing, it's difficult to say anything novel on the subject, and it tends to run itself out pretty quickly. You hear about people who really like to watch the Weather Channel, but I bet these people are not actually into weather so much as natural disaster; note the tornado and flood videos being advertised for $19.99 (plus shipping and handling), and the comparative dearth of mail-order movies about, say, humidity...

Author: By Jody H. Peltason, | Title: In Defense of the Weather | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...guard reported a motorcyclist riding around on the triangle outside Eliot House. The subject was located and reprimanded...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Police Log | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...homeless person followed a resident of Leverett House into McKinlock Hall. HUPD units could not locate the subject...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Police Log | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...week where John Malkovich is the subject of intense psychological deconstruction (Let's Go should be pondering a budget guide for Malkovich's head), I wonder why Melanie Griffith wasn't considered a worthy subject. After all, everyone thinks she's just the epitome of a blond but no one ever really bothers to see her movies or read her interviews to find out what's really going on underneath all that frizz and collagen. So I come across this quote the other day from our darling Mel G: "I always wanted to go back to school, you know...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Soman's IN THE [K]NOW: A Pop Culture Compendium | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

...story, like invented dialogue, Lowell Bergman insists that the essence of the story is intact. "The big, broad truths of this are all public record," says Bergman. "In that sense the film is basically accurate." But does "basically accurate" really cut it for a film dealing with such delicate subject matter? The real-life Wigand and Bergman, the two protagonists of the film, have not objected to Mann's portrayals of themselves and their stories. However, Bergman says his character in the film is "too neat" to really be him, and Wigand has said that he never quite sunk...

Author: By Rheanna Bates, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Where There's Smoke | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

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