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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Clinton impeachment, for instance, thrust many Harvard professors into the forefront of the national discourse...

Author: By Jason M. Goins and Rosalind S. Helderman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Over-'Committeed' & Under Pressure: Harvard's Faculty Churns out Policy One Meeting at a Time | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

...have failed to get into any medical school. Tuition is the only requirement for acceptance. Isolated and outside the jurisdiction of American law, Queen's is "the boot camp of medical schools," motivating its students by any means necessary--namely bullying and psychological abuse. According to the publicist, thrust into this atmosphere Jane somehow manages to "retreat deeper into a body and spirit she no longer recognizes," eventually emerging determined to succeed. This book is really a high school pre-med's fairy tale disguised as a Bildungsroman...

Author: By Jerome L. Martin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Floundering Pre-Meds Swim, Clumsily | 2/19/1999 | See Source »

BRENDAN FRASER can play almost any role. Well, any role that finds a naif thrust into unknown territory. Will his new film, Blast from the Past, add to his repertoire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 15, 1999 | 2/15/1999 | See Source »

Sturdy's injury could present problems for Harvard, whose two weekend losses already create an obstacle in its quest for a fourth consecutive Ivy League title. Freshman forward Sharon Nunamaker, who had played a total of three minutes this year prior to last weekend, is now thrust into the Crimson's four-player frontcourt rotation that includes Janowski, co-captain Sarah Russell and freshman forward Lindsay Ryba...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: W. Hoops Loses Sturdy to Ankle Sprain | 2/3/1999 | See Source »

Aside from the Gore-Hastert competition, the most interesting moments came during the periodic close-ups on faces in the crowd. It seemed that no one's anonymity was safe from Clinton's all-encompassing agenda. Most people thrust into the spotlight didn't know how to handle their fifteen seconds, with the exception of Sosa, who blew kisses to the crowd and nearly broke into a home run trot around the House Chamber. All other honorees took Madonna's advice and struck a pose, or at least stuck to one. The Desert Fox serviceperson looked like he had recently...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: State of the Union, Undressed | 1/22/1999 | See Source »

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