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...Depression stands in the middle ground between something specific and scientific and something that...anyone has to be wary about, a synonym for being stressed out," Nicholas K. Davis '98, Room 13 co-director says...

Author: By Dafna V. Hochman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Cope With Wintertime Depression | 2/6/1998 | See Source »

Maybe. The Kremlin has a credibility problem when it comes to presidential health. The first time officials announced Yeltsin had a head cold, while he was running for re-election in the summer of 1996, it turned out to be a loose synonym for a near fatal heart attack. For the rest of the year, he was prostrate and the country was paralyzed. A multiple-bypass operation in November 1996 seemed to bring a miracle recovery. Then two months later, Yeltsin came down with another "cold"--this time, his aides said, the result of a post-sauna chill. This cold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PERILS OF CATCHING COLD | 12/22/1997 | See Source »

Those who believe that Disney is the synonym for animated films have not met Visiting Lecturer in Animation Caroline Leaf...

Author: By Nanaho Sawano, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Oscar Nominee Brings Animation Experience to Harvard | 12/4/1997 | See Source »

...nothing else, Lim deserves credit for her perseverance in resisting a ridiculously over-conservative mainstream. But controversy is no synonym for quality, and the reader tends to waver between feeling admiration for Lim, and wondering what all the hoopla is about...

Author: By Erika L. Guckenberger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Gods, Slaves and Sex: Controversy Surrounding 'Bondmaid' Not a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

...obviously takes care to produce affecting sentences. Unfortunately, his sometimes clever phrases usually detract from the overall quality of the work. Entire paragraphs are sometimes included just for the sake of one pun. Some sentences read like Delbanco took a thesaurus and looked up a longer synonym for any word under six letters...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Murphy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Not Like That Book by Nabokov: 'Scores' Less of a Draw, More a Loss | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

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