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...fateful oh-so-epic Dungeons and Dragons marathon. The rules of the game are subtle and nuanced; if you want a primer, just listen in on one of the shouted diatribes going on outside Quincy. With a vehemence worthy of a second grade game of dodgeball, armed-to-the-teeth paramilitary forces discuss their complex hors do combat. Particularly problematic is the notion of the "neutral zone." The arms race reached absurd heights this year, as Quincy assassin went from simply being an absurd waste of time to an absurd waste of money, as well. With walkie-talkie headsets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: groovytrain | 4/16/1998 | See Source »

...House bell tower. The visitor is then presented with a list of possible subjects to explore, ranging from the potentially interesting "Adventure" and "Famous Faces at Harvard" categories to the standard "Athletics" and "Museums and Libraries." The final category, though, provokes the balling of fists and the grinding of teeth. It is "Titanic...

Author: By L. MARIKA Landau-wells, | Title: Getting the Down-Low at the Info Office | 4/16/1998 | See Source »

...quit, and taken the rest of the semester off." As it is, he took the fall semester off because the pain was too severe and gave up his hopes of attaining a master's degree in his fourth year here. At its worst, RSI can make even brushing your teeth or turning doorknobs painful...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Another One Bites the Dust | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

Beijing and Taiwan are always baring their fangs at each other, but usually over matters of war and diplomacy, not teeth. But Wednesday saw China's government furiously denying that Taiwan owns a prime relic: one of the teeth of the Buddha...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Incisor Trading | 4/8/1998 | See Source »

...Beijing insists that only two teeth survived the Buddha?s cremation, one of which is in Beijing, the other in Sri Lanka, and says the 2,000-year-old tooth presented to Taiwan by Tibetan monks is nothing more than old dente. But Beijing?s demand that the tooth be returned to China takes the bite out of its protests over the tooth?s authenticity. Taiwan?s premier will likely flash his pearly whites when he greets the ?third tooth? on its arrival Thursday. Beijing?s leaders are more likely to be gnashing theirs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Incisor Trading | 4/8/1998 | See Source »

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