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...quirky Harvard Square, where small, family-owned operations vie for business with larger chains, no two stores are exactly alike...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SEEING DOUBLE in the square | 5/19/1999 | See Source »

Take deejay battles. Turntablists stand before two Technics and a mixer to vie against their opponents by cutting samples, juggling beats and hyping up the crowd with antics like scratching as they give their opponents the finger. Standing in a crowd before such a spectacle is especially dope because everyone else around you shares your aesthetic sensibilities. It's as if you hear echoes of your own thoughts: "Yo that shit is RIDICULOUS...

Author: By Andres A. Ramos, | Title: Notes on the Beat | 5/7/1999 | See Source »

Groups must reserve their timeslots a semester in advance--this week, groups can begin signing up for fall 1999--and vie for particular movies...

Author: By Harrel E. Conner jr., CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: High costs, low turnout force student groups out of the Science | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

Groups must reserve their timeslots a semester in advance--this week, groups can begin signing up for fall 1999--and vie for particular movies...

Author: By Harrel E. Conner jr., CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Movie Madness | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

...teenagers in the early '60s, best friends Toni and Chris glorified everything French, fell in love with la vie boheme and, most importantly, rejected the suburban wasteland and lifestyle their parents submitted to. The mass of generic houses at the end of the London Underground Metropolitan Line, referred to as Metroland, disgusted and frightened these two aspiring artists (one poet, one photographer). The view of Metroland from the train is both boring and ominous-mile after mile of conformity, complacency and security...

Author: By Patty Li, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Metroland | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

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