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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wildest statistic--a boast made in his autobiography, and later regretted--that he had slept with 20,000 women, is noteworthy only in that it seemed more mathematically than physically improbable. Unquantified, though, were the many charities he supported, the causes he backed and the innumerable kindnesses to friends, who were steadfast and few. He lived alone and never married...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Way We Look at Giants | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...wildest cheers came when Hoffpauir announced that House residents would soon be able to eat in Adams...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spirit Unleashed As House War Ends | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

According to Thomas M. Lauderdale '92, who was a legend during his days at Adams for throwing the wildest parties around (including one bacchanalia that forced the closing of the House pool), Adams had the most "edge" of any House, precisely because the Kielys were willing to take in everyone--the socialists, beatniks and gays...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Caped Crusader | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

Last week a coyote was captured in New York City's Central Park, where the wildest things are usually on Rollerblades. Park officials believe it may have made its way into Manhattan from the Bronx, which has had increased sightings of wild coyotes. It was tranquilized and taken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Maybe It Was Going To Bloomie's | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

...like music at crucial points. The slight distancing effect of the music is countered by the characters' frequent exhortations to the audience, made especially effective in a small theater like the Loeb Ex. As the play heads towards its catastrophic ending, and Creon receives a come-uppance beyond his wildest nightmares, there is a brief moment in which the General (David Modigliani '02) reflects on the horrors of the Civil War. He describes seeing dead soldiers' bodies on the ground, futilely lamenting that he never expected to see a sight so gruesome. The play's main focus...

Author: By Carmen J. Iglesias, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Revamped Antigone | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

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