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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Because it has. The great thing about L.P.'s is that they age, they show time. What a sterile experience it will be 10 years from now listening to the Bruce Springsteen or Grateful Dead C.D. you bought in 1989 only to realize that it sounds the same as it ever did. You've grown up, but your album has stagnated in the late 1980s. That Sugar Cubes or Sinead O'Connor album that you played over and over again for a few months until it was warped and then you never listened to it again when the trend faded...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Longing For L.P.'s | 11/1/1989 | See Source »

That was the first time he mentioned the Europe Thing. He hasn't stopped. While other parents talk to their soon-to-be Harvard-educated kids about graduate schools, jobs and just settling down, my dad talks about the wonders of leaving the United States, taking a year off, and travelling...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Doing the Europe Thing | 10/31/1989 | See Source »

First of all, it should been called the Wall Street Forum. All those pinstripes and ties in one building can give a guy a headache. Could this be the only thing that Harvard prepares you for? A Metro North commuter ride into New York, a 9-to-5 job in lower Manhattan and two tickets to the theatre? Say it ain't so, Derek...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Doing the Europe Thing | 10/31/1989 | See Source »

However, the game against the Bruins tomorrow is the most important thing on Harvard's minds right now. If the Crimson wins the game, it will capture its first Ivy championship...

Author: By Juan Plascencia, | Title: Stickwomen Barrage Helpless Chiefs, 10-0 | 10/31/1989 | See Source »

Sometimes storms, even hurricanes, can be exhilarating. It is fun to stand on a beach during a histrionic blow. An earthquake is not that kind of thrill. The worst part may be the feeling of helplessness. There is no right thing to do just then, except perhaps to flee the building. There is no knowing where the earth will open next. The wild cracking follows no principle but the terrifyingly random. Denial ("this is not happening") competes with fascination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: When the Earth Cracks Open | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

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