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...said the advanced decay of the pipes would likely make it necessary to completely tear up the street in order to fix the problem...

Author: By Kirsten G. Studlien, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Structural Flaws Close Oxford St. To Auto Traffic | 3/26/1999 | See Source »

...maintenance workers coat the statue with beeswax, a first line of defense that protects it from regular wear and tear. Several times a year, his guardians use basic soap and water to give Johnny the extra fresh feeling he deserves. And on those rare occasions when the situation calls for more than the suds can handle, Bicknell brings in the big guns--an intense spraying technique known as "power washing." After all, this isn't John...

Author: By V. C. Hallett, | Title: IN DEFENSE OF JOHN HARVARD | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

...Santini. I also read Death of a Salesman and sought out a recording of the old Harry Chapin song Cat's in the Cradle. Certain themes obviously undergird these works: dying fathers, dying athletes, dead fathers, dead athletes. These are romances, to be sure, but instead of the overblown, tear-jerking gestures of male-female romances, the car crashes and death caves and Barbra Streisand ballads ("Misty water-colored MEMMM-RIESSSS"), we have the tiny, crabbed, tear-jerking gestures of guyish intimacy: the game of catch, the hand on the shoulder, the locker room's dopey, he-really-likes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Boys Do Cry | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...communal home during the 60s, which had ended abruptly with the tragic murder of one of the house's most beloved roommates. The attraction between Eli and Jo bring forth the issues of betrayal, lust and forgiveness. Add to these themes a couple of shocking revelations and a tear-jerking mother-daughter bonding scene, and While I Was Gone reaches its melodramatic saturation point...

Author: By Adriana Martinez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Boom and Bust: The Mid-life Fling | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

...back and ready to rock, with a single message to relay: take a break from Harvard and the Mt. Auburn balconies. You can tear yourself away...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RETURN TO CAMBRIDGE | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

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