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Nevertheless, the level of discussion on Lamont bathroom walls is surprisingly elevated. As one student commented in the women's restroom, "I never knew Harvard students had these kinds of profound toilet conversations...

Author: By Malka A. Older and Elizabeth S. Zuckerman, S | Title: Lamont Graffiti Enlightens, Confuses | 2/8/1997 | See Source »

...Club Feds," he did "hard time." On the inside, he was known as "the old guy" and initially disliked by fellow convicts. "I was locked down for nearly five years, but I survived like a man." Keating even manages some humor on his jailbird days. "I like a clean toilet," the former tycoon remarks, noting that he volunteered to clean bathrooms for a unit of 48 convicts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHARLIE'S AN ANGEL? | 2/3/1997 | See Source »

...muscle flexing in front of MRTA prisoners last week, Fujimori did take a closer look at their squalid lives, three or four men sharing 32 sq. ft. and a hole for a toilet. The President also accepted the petitions of those who say they were wrongly accused of terrorism--personally taking the smudgy pages as inmates shoved them through the bars. Fujimori promises to take them to the Belgian-born priest, Hubert Lanssiers, who heads up his commission to examine wrongful convictions. "I realize we have some incompetent judges out there," he admits. "Now that we've defeated the terrorists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN THEIR FACE | 1/20/1997 | See Source »

...toilet bubbles at odd moments," said Jennifer L. Stevens '98-'99. There's something wrong with the water pressure: The pipes shake back and forth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Water Main Break Dries Out Leverett | 1/15/1997 | See Source »

...long as the crisis lasts. And by week's end it looked as if that may be a prolonged period. When the initial fireworks subsided, a more grinding routine ensued as an exhausted Red Cross mediator shuffled between embassy and presidential palace, conveying requests for toothbrushes and toilet paper. Batches of hostages were released, but the impasse remained unbroken. Meanwhile, the Peruvian government withdrew behind an official wall of silence, and Fujimori wrestled with conflicting advice from his two most important allies: Japan pressed for negotiation, and the U.S. counseled him not to cut any deals. A team of Delta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GALA AT GUNPOINT | 12/30/1996 | See Source »

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