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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mumbled in that awkward student way. "And, you all want to study Shakespeare with me?" Yes again. When he further discovered that most of us were seniors, he chuckled and hollered out, "Well, I cannot send a senior from this Yard who has been denied the chance to study Shakespeare. I'm not sure what to do, but I sure can't do that." So, instead of teaching just one seminar, Richard invited the leftover half of us into his home. Every Monday evening we met to talk and think and write and study Shakespeare. I have never...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 11/9/1999 | See Source »

HIID told Kiley they didn't want to use Harvard money to pay him, but the US AID money had run out. Kiley, who had recently refurbished his apartment in expectation of the additional money, says he then found himself in fiscal jeopardy...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Management Troubles Darken HIID's Future | 11/9/1999 | See Source »

Thoughtful gay activists want nothing more than for religious objectors to reconsider their convictions. This ascendant breed of impassioned and often arational dialogue, however, makes it extremely difficult for Christian students to sort out their thoughts on homosexuality...

Author: By Hugh P. Liebert, | Title: Mere Tolerance | 11/9/1999 | See Source »

...these difficulties can be overcome, political campaigns could get pretty interesting. Biologists today are talking of using cloning to bring the woolly mammoth and other extinct animals back to life. Maybe Democrats and Republicans would want to try something similar. After all, candidates are always trying to link themselves to great leaders of the past. Why not cut out the middlemen? Given the pace of scientific progress, plus sufficiently audacious party leaders, the presidential debates of 2044 could feature some pretty impressive lineups. Imagine Abraham Lincoln taking on F.D.R. Or J.F.K. going up against Thomas Jefferson. Or Millard Fillmore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could A Clone Ever Run For President? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

Another cause is foods like onions or garlic, in which case you're out of luck: essential oils from such foods get into the blood, then into the lungs, then out with each exhaled breath. Even in the 21st century, if you want the flavor, you risk disfavor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will We Ever Cure... | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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