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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although the ashes were contained within the bag and the room sustained no damage, McCarthy said, the air was so thick with smoke that firefighters had to search the room by touch...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Smoldering Bag Cause of Thayer Evacuation | 2/10/1997 | See Source »

...involved in restoring the film's deteriorated negative (it's not just movies from Hollywood's Golden Age that suffer from this problem), he decided, he says, to seize the opportunity--along with $15 million worth of financing for the whole trilogy, mostly from Fox--to go in and touch up sloppy special-effects shots that had always bothered him. "I was tired of people saying, 'What do you think of the movie?' and I'd say, 'Well, I was unhappy with the final result, because I only achieved 50% or 60% of what I wanted and I wish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: THE FORCE IS BACK | 2/10/1997 | See Source »

...Laela just has a great shooting touch," Delaney-Smith said...

Author: By Benjamin O. Shuldiner, | Title: W.B-Ball Cruises Past Pennsylvania | 2/8/1997 | See Source »

Throw in Hill's backcourt mate--perimeter threat David Demian--and the outside touch of sixth-man David Weaver, and it's no wonder the Crimson have run up the league's top scoring totals this season...

Author: By Dov J. Glickman, | Title: M. Cagers Duel Ivy Powers | 2/7/1997 | See Source »

...trying to suggest that academia should be warm and fuzzy. (Our anthropology graduate student section leader used such terms as "community cyberspace discourse" and encouraged "face-to-face encounters", even offering to meet with us during the beginning of this semester in order to stay in touch.) I think most people would agree that students learn best when they are challenged. I only mean to point out the huge imbalance between two departments which both lie within the social sciences and would have much to contribute to each other...

Author: By Leila C. Kawar, | Title: What? Liberal Arts Here? | 2/7/1997 | See Source »

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