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...final score indicated the way Harvard dominated the game against UNH over the final 55 minutes. Yet the crimson could only garner a tenuous 2-1 lead going into the final stanza...

Author: By David S. Griffel, CRIMSON TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Harvard Routs New Hampshire in Second-Round Game, 7-1 | 4/4/1994 | See Source »

While some students stressed the relationshipbetween their projects and women's issues, othersacknowledged a more tenuous connection, as withthe Model U.N. request...

Author: By Jonathan A. Lewin, | Title: Others Act While RUS Waits | 3/18/1994 | See Source »

...meet someone anyway. It can be very forced. Just keep your section contact simple: smile politely and nod a lot at what she says. Maybe you could ask to study together for your midterm. A study session is a very solid base to work from if other connections are tenuous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kiss Me, I'm Irish | 3/17/1994 | See Source »

...however, that Mr. Kondoleon's humor becomes wholly ironic. The comedy moves alongside the tragedy, and the tenuous relation of the two generally manages to avoid seeming bitter or sarcastic. One does not necessarily override the other Death is not funny, maybe, but Hector certainly is. And while death is surely present in the novel, we are detached from it to some extent. We are busy listening to Hector...

Author: By Daniel N. Halpern, | Title: Kondoleon's Lost Boy Laughs at Death | 2/24/1994 | See Source »

...exit. The set, also by Levitt, never quite takes on the majesty of the British courts but rather looks like a small claims court. Costumes are period enough, though the attorney's wigs sometimes make them look like Marilyn Monroe impersonators. These factors detract from the play's tenuous attempts to be intense and powerful drama...

Author: By Ariel Foxman, | Title: Witness Guilty of Slow Pacing | 12/9/1993 | See Source »

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