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...People just need to get the card close to the special reader, and that will unlock the door," Lichten says. "Someone in a wheelchair or who has a disability with their hands won't have to get the card out and swipe...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: The ID Card: What Happens When You Swipe? | 1/6/1999 | See Source »

NAME: BETTE, FORMERLY "THE ROSE" AGE: 53 OCCUPATION: Singer, used to act in movies BEST PUNCH: Finally taking the stage after midnight, Midler took a thinly veiled swipe at Cher's canned performance, quipping, "I feel like Grace Jones, except I'm singin' live, babe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 28, 1998 | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

...stands that greet commuters upon departure from the train. Even worse, though, is the blinding array of CVS marquis, Gap displays and trendy nouveau cuisine eateries that vex disillusioned Harvard students yearning for the long-lost quaintness of charismatic local city neighborhoods. Today, convention is readily acquired by the swipe of a credit card, and one need not venture outside the 1-mile radius of Store 24 to take a virtual walk through similarly commercialized Beantown. The mom & pop establishments with faded awnings, friendly hellos and century-old traditions are rapidly disappearing from the much frequented causeways...

Author: By Eloise D. Austin, | Title: on the T again OUTWARD BOUND | 11/19/1998 | See Source »

...would have said that I trusted my classmates at Harvard, a group of people so exceptional in every other respect, that they should naturally be morally superior as well. I trusted them not to walk into my dorm room and steal my computer. I trusted them not to swipe my TI-83 off my desk in the library when I went to the bathroom. I trusted them to return my ID card to me when I lost...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: You Know Who You Are | 11/10/1998 | See Source »

Accost annoyed upperclassman for key card swipe into building. Curse House master for outlawing universal keycard access, and crawl up five flights of stairs. Arrive at "party" of 10 Harvard men. Met with wide eyes. "Ooo. This is good," the so-called...

Author: By Avra VAN Der zee, | Title: JUST A SQUIRREL TRYIN' TO GET A NUT | 11/5/1998 | See Source »

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