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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Scream should be revered for its witty originality in restarting the horror genre, I Know What You Did Last Summer should be deplored for stalling it. The movie tracks four kids in a quaint northeastern seaside town the summer after they accidentally run over the town recluse. With its superficial storyline, cast of adolescent unknowns and a serial killer armed with a lethal fish hook, Summer keeps the suspense to a minimum and the plot to a formula. It makes a perfect 80s slasher flick but pales in the wake of Scream's splendor...

Author: By Peter A. Hahn, | Title: I Know What You Did Last Summer | 11/21/1997 | See Source »

...Cusack), an idealistic young writer from New York who comes to Savannah to write an essay on a Christmas party and ends up getting involved in Williams' murder trial. By embroiling Kelso in the plot, the refreshing detachment of Berendt's narrative is lost. The story shifts from the town and people of Savannah to the fictional Kelso--his life, his ideals and, I'm sorry to say, his loves...

Author: By Scott E. Brown, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Midnight' in the Garden of Good and Eastwood | 11/21/1997 | See Source »

...with the amount of publicity the story has generated, the McCaugheys should easily cover their costs by then. From their home town of Carlisle (which offered a year's worth of groceries) to the state of Iowa (which is building the baby-booming family a new house) to multinationals like Proctor and Gamble (who gave a lifetime supply of Pampers), all of America seems to be pitching in. Not surprising, then, that proud dad Kenny's first comment was simply: "Wow!" As any father will tell him, now comes the difficult part: the first eighteen years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Baby Boomers | 11/20/1997 | See Source »

...delighted that we're going to have a chance to participate," said Christopher D. Smith '98, a football player. "I know a lot of people who are going to be out of town on Friday, so it's nice that they make this option available to everyone...

Author: By Christopher T. Boyd and Nicholas A. Nash, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Grape Vote Will Include Six Options | 11/19/1997 | See Source »

...John Harvard came from England to this town hill," reads the inscription below the park's flagpole. "Dying 1638, he left half his estate and all his books to the College founded...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Local Park Is Rich in Harvard History | 11/19/1997 | See Source »

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