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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...take at face value a person who speaks in broad terms of "bringing the university to its Knees." Its difficult not to chuckle at a person who allows himself to be wheeled around campus in a shopping cart as "followers" sing songs of praise. Its difficult not to tune out to someone who deadpanned at Thursday's sometime tense presidential debate " I don't propose to kill anybody - but people act when they are afraid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Is he Serious? Yep. | 12/9/1996 | See Source »

...that didn't stop the union members and several student supporters from marching around Rudenstine's front yard and singing protest ballads such as "Worker's Wonderland" (to the tune of the traditional "Winter Wonderland."), as well as renditions of "We Shall Not Be Moved," "Union Maids" and "Solidarity...

Author: By Jessie M. Amberg, | Title: HUCTW Holds Vigil for Benefits | 12/6/1996 | See Source »

...second half, Yale stormed back to the tune of three touch-downs, two of which came in the fourth quarter. The Elis attempted an onside kick with two minutes remaining in the game, but Jeff Compas dove on the ball, and the Crimson took possession...

Author: By Matt Howitt, | Title: Harvard Triumphs in The Game, 26-21 | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

...Tonight we proclaim that the vital American center is alive and well. It is the common ground on which we have made our progress." Four years ago, in that same place, the crowd was raw, the night was a party, dressed in Windbreakers and jeans and set to the tune of Fleetwood Mac. This year it was a press conference in a blue suit on a red carpet while a canned orchestra sprayed Aaron Copland: "'Tis a gift to be simple, 'tis a gift to be free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OUR JOURNEY IS NOT DONE | 11/18/1996 | See Source »

...GEORGE OSLIN, 97, inventor in 1933 of the singing telegram; in Delray Beach, Florida. As the public relations director for Western Union, Oslin sent the first singing telegram to crooner Rudy Vallee on the singer's birthday. Today Western Union delivers singing telegrams by telephone--sung only to the tune of Happy Birthday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Nov. 11, 1996 | 11/11/1996 | See Source »

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