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According to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons '67, Harvard received 4,221 applications for early consideration, compared to 3,911 at the same time last year, although this year's numbers may fall slightly if students switch from early to regular action...

Author: By Jason M. Goins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Early Applicant Pool Continues Growth Trend | 11/25/1997 | See Source »

...Boston Equestrian Center, take the inbound Red Line to Park St. and switch to the Orange Line. Take the Orange Line to the Haymarket stop and switch to the Haymarket bus station. Take bus #426 to Revere Saugus and get off at Linden Square in front of the Annamark nursing home. Walk up and take a left onto Liberty Avenue, then a left onto Breeden St., and then a right onto Morris St. You will see a big red barn that is Boston Equestrian Center. Make sure to call them ahead of time (338-8400) to schedule a ride...

Author: By Chris W. Mcevoy, | Title: Beantown Bonanza | 11/13/1997 | See Source »

...order to begin prepping the ship, he was brought up short by the spaghetti of cables and ducts that confronted him. These are the umbilicals that carry power and air from Mir to Soyuz. To free up the spacecraft, Foale would first have to remove them all and switch the ship over to internal power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A BAD DAY IN SPACE | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

Despite protestations about its heroes' greatness, Lewis & Clark may actually not do them justice. At the end of The Great Gatsby (to switch writers for a moment), F. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote of the Dutch sailors who encountered the "fresh green breast of the new world." What those sailors were to Europeans, Lewis and Clark were to Americans. They explored the extreme, forbidding, literally awe-inspiring territories that for Americans were the New World and that are still thought of as emblematic of America. This was no nurturing green breast, however; it was the broad, muscled back of the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: KEN BURNS: DOMESTICATED DARING | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

...Americans need a Net-nanny. "What you get is a devolution of the First Amendment," argues lawyer Bob Corn-Revere. FCC chairman REED HUNDT says the high-tech industry can "be part of the process" as the agency sets rules. There's a low-tech alternative: the off switch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CYBERSPACE | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

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