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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Paula Abdul, I wanted to be Scarlett O'Hara. During this formative time, I underwent a mercifully brief period where I let Scarlett's Georgian accent bleed into my own speech. I got over it, thank God, about the same time I quit cuffing my jeans and threw out my jelly shoes. Here's a secret confession, though: I still want to be Scarlett O'Hara...

Author: By Terry E-E Chang, | Title: Endpaper: Play it Again, Sam | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

What is particularly grating is the Senior Gift program itself. First there are the fancy brochures and letters on Senior Gift stationery we all received--way to be frugal. And what about the banquet the Development Office threw at the Charles Hotel for the 200-plus student volunteer solicitors, complete with open bar? Sounds like an organization in dire need of cash...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Think Twice Before Giving | 3/3/1999 | See Source »

Blake, who had played at the Sportsmen's Club in his youth, peppered the helpless Griesser with a combination of strong serves and crushing ground-strokes. When Griesser finally won a game in the second set, he threw his hands in the air as both Crimson and Penn State fans cheered his short-term success...

Author: By Peter D. Henninger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Tennis Teams Both Cruise To Easy Victories | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...Blake, who had played at the Sportsmen's Club in his youth, peppered the helpless Griesser with a combination of strong serves and crushing groundstrokes. When Griesser finally won a game in the second set, he threw his hands in the air as Crimson and Penn State fans cheered his short-term success...

Author: By Peter D. Henninger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Tennis Perfect Against Penn State; Blakes Goes 2-0 | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...Cambridge resident told police that her former roommate entered her apartment and threatened to kill her. She said the man hit her, threw her against a wall, and held a knife to her throat. He then scooped up the woman's 20-month-old baby and threw the child onto a couch, she said. He reportedly then said, "If I don't get you know, I'll get you later." The officers offered to help the woman take a restraining order out against her former roommate, but she refused...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POLICE LOG | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

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