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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...community. In fact, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has declared a national "Come out with Ellen" day built around the consequential episode. Even the mainstream news coverage has worn a revolutionary tone: "Roll over, Ward Cleaver," proclaimed one headline. One is almost convinced by the sheer weight of the collective media reaction that this event is important to our culture...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: Coming Out to Applause | 4/25/1997 | See Source »

...Tang (618-907 A.D.) dynasties. Aside from a vitrine comparing a Neolithic pre-Buddhist wood painting to a brightly-colored yet carefully-shaded Buddhist silk scroll, the exhibition quickly abandons its emphatic insistence on religion as an organizing principle and begins to strain under the weight of its own ambitious chronological framework. An intricate gold dragon stands prominently along the main path with scant explanation of its significance or social use, while a collection of vases and other cultural artifacts, to judge from the sparing wall labels, seemingly have nothing in common other than their status as decorative objects...

Author: By Paul A. Galvez, | Title: Two Rocks, Nine Dragons and 1000 Years of Chinese Painting | 4/24/1997 | See Source »

...heard mixed things about the ship," he said. "The people who loved it said that they gained a lot of weight because the food was too good, but one person said she had a miserable time because during the entire Atlantic crossing they had 30-foot seas, so we're hoping for good weather on our voyage...

Author: By Kelly M. Yamanouchi, | Title: Dins Will Sing for Passage on QE II | 4/23/1997 | See Source »

...Overall, across the country, it's a big decision," said Harvard women's softball head coach Jenny Allard. "It's going to give weight to everything we're trying to do [to support women's athletics...

Author: By Andrew S. Chang, | Title: Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Title IX Appeal | 4/23/1997 | See Source »

While the Harvard men's heavy-weight crew team's race against Princeton and MIT was solid, the result--a loss to Princeton--was disappointing...

Author: By Richard B. Tenorio, | Title: Crew Falls to Tigers But Awaits Sprints | 4/22/1997 | See Source »

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