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...week before the show, she says, rehearsal hours increased and performers practiced into the wee hours of the morning, some nights not leaving Radcliffe Yard until...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ten Years of CELEBRATING | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

...himself into what he calls his family: coaching the local soccer team, a sorry lot of unemployables. Chance encounters and friend Liam lead Joe's path to intersect with social worker Sarah (Louise Goodall), who meets regularly with Liam, his wife and his "wean" (that's "child"; derived from "wee 'un"). Joe helps wallpaper Sarah's house and eventually summons courage to ask her out; relationship follows...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Meet Joe Blank: A Recovering Alcoholic Tries The AA Way | 2/19/1999 | See Source »

Like a lot of folks in the San Francisco area, Amadeo Peter Giannini was thrown from his bed in the wee hours of April 18, 1906, when the Great Quake shook parts of the city to rubble. He hurriedly dressed and hitched a team of horses to a borrowed produce wagon and headed into town--to the Bank of Italy, which he had founded two years earlier. Sifting through the ruins, he discreetly loaded $2 million in gold, coins and securities onto the wagon bed, covered the bank's resources with a layer of vegetables and headed home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Banker: A.P. GIANNINI | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

Perhaps the prospect of postering in the wee hours of the morning doesn't have universal appeal on campus, but Bowen said the commitment is worth it in the long...

Author: By Kelly M. Yamanouchi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Following the Undergraduate Council Campaign Trail | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

...spirit still exist. On Wednesday, in an effort to foster a sense of "community" in Adams House, a group of students marked the lunchtime entrance of each inter-house dinner with the clanging of the dining hall gong. While some students may have found the Adams going ploy a wee bit divisive, not to mention disruptive, we at Dartboard heartily approve of such measures. Those of us with illusions of power and grandeur have always dreamed of having our entrances marked in such a fashion. But perhaps next week those enthusiastic Adams students will announce our names and full titles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: This Is Not CNN | 11/20/1998 | See Source »

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