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There are times in a man's life when months of hard work suddenly seem worthless. When in the space of a few hours his dreams are clubbed to death like so many baby seals. When dozens of cold showers won't rid him of mediocrity's foul stench. When he looks back on months of warm beers, second-hand clothes and those dark, cold nights, and asks, "Does anything really matter after all? Do I matter...

Author: By Hugh P. Liebert, | Title: The Green Games | 5/24/2000 | See Source »

...extends in this message, “Beneath the surface of all physical encounters and experience is the extraordinary and the ordinary, as well as a deeper meaning.” This seemingly worthless statement has a “deeper meaning” of its own. Although the scope of this statement may appear to dilute itself from conveying any real message, this statement is, rather, a serving of “Oprahganda,” Oprah’s complex system of propaganda. In contrast to the “ordinary,” which is her message...

Author: By T. W. Simpson, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Everyone Wants a Mag | 4/27/2000 | See Source »

...Richard S. Lee ’01, a social studies concentrator in Pforzheimer House, is Editorial Chair of The Crimson. His slapshot, clocked at 53 miles-per-hour, is pretty damn worthless, but his toothless grin is guaranteed, someday, to win the heart of some lucky canuck lass...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Putting Romance on Ice | 4/27/2000 | See Source »

...options priced at $7 a share riding on every lurch. Last April, when Beyond.com stock hit $37, such options would have been worth $6 million--chump change by dotcom standards but far better than last week's figure. With Beyond.com down to $3.75, his options were "under water"--worthless. "The drop this week was so dramatic, you can't even comprehend it," says Neely, who took over in January after the previous CEO quit. "Everyone is dealing with the same problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doom Stalks The Dotcoms | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

...decisions get mailed--unless of course, a high school senior gets wait-listed and it becomes an even more lengthy process that does often not resolve itself until the very last minute. For the most part, however, right about now kids feel either incredibly validated and complete, or utterly worthless and pathetic. And all because of a thin or fat envelope bearing the results of an enigmatic and mysterious collection of suits and dresses' value judgement on high schoolers using a folder generally thinner than Ally McBeal's waistline as their only criteria...

Author: By By BRAD R. sohn, | Title: Don't Sweat Early Applications | 4/3/2000 | See Source »

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