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...college freshman hasn?t downed a few beers? Yes, Mom and Dad, it?s true. While my angst-ridden first-born personality kept me in check while I was in high school, once I left for college, I engaged in a few games of quarters. And I spent one woeful Sunday morning outside my freshman dorm communing with the roots of a magnolia tree. Without delving into any of the grisly specifics, let?s just say that poor tree saw me at my very worst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Toast to Jenna | 5/31/2001 | See Source »

Then again, the Crimson didn't need to bring its 'A' game to compete with the woeful and hapless...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hot Crimson Softball Rips UC | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

Certainly all of us would gleefully dispense with corporate America's worst form of automation, those very unhelpful help lines. In that woeful customer experience, McCue and others hear an enormous opportunity. Most of today's touch-tone call centers are built on expensive proprietary equipment that can't talk to a company's other systems. That's why no matter how often you punch in your account number, the agent you finally speak to will invariably ask for it again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Net Net: Dial Tone 2.0: The Phone Talks Back | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

Moore's spectacular performance on the man-advantage highlighted a Crimson power play unit that is steadily climbing up in the conference's statistics. Harvard's power play jumped from a woeful 6.7 percent earlier this season to 22.8 percent. This weekend alone, the Crimson went 5 for 12 on the man-advantage, posting a dominant 41 percent success rate...

Author: By Jennie L. Sullivan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 867-5309: With a Little Help from the Moores, Crimson Solves Engineers | 1/8/2001 | See Source »

...Crimson's improvement on its woeful 35 percent shooting for the season was a tribute to its patience on offense and sound shot selection...

Author: By David R. De remer, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: W. Basketball Snaps Seven-Game Losing Streak at BU | 1/5/2001 | See Source »

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