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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Alas, the NRDC report may kill this venerable tradition. If so, the cultural impact should not be underestimated. The bottled water class will find new absurdities to embrace, no doubt. But it will be hard to find a more perfect symbol of decadent consumerism as bottled water, unless someone starts selling...

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, | Title: Bad News for the Evian Set | 4/8/1999 | See Source »

...year after Baekeland died, annual plastic production in the U.S. reached more than 400,000 tons. In 1979, 12 years after The Graduate, the annual volume of plastic manufactured overtook that of steel, the symbol of the Industrial Revolution. Last year nearly 47 million tons of plastic were produced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chemist LEO BAEKELAND | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...Many people would view a decision by the council to support bringing ROTC back to campus as a symbol that we didn't think the military's discrimination against homosexuals was that bad a thing," Cohen added...

Author: By Alexis B. Offen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Council Sparks Debate With Proposal to Reconsider ROTC | 3/26/1999 | See Source »

Made famous by its cameo appearance in "Good Will Hunting," Dunster House's red-capped tower has long been a symbol of old-time Harvard. One House insider says early-bird residents can secure two bed frames at the beginning of the year. This and wood-paneled rooms make Dunster an attractive living space...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, | Title: A 12-House Roundup | 3/22/1999 | See Source »

...Made famous by its cameo appearance in "Good Will Hunting," Dunster House's red-capped tower has long been a symbol of old-time Harvard. One House insider says early-bird residents can secure two bed frames at the beginning of the year. This and wood-paneled rooms make Dunster an attractive living space...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Century 21:The 12-House Roundup | 3/22/1999 | See Source »

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