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Well, it seems to us, dear friend, that your query reflects an insufficient appreciation of the natural forces surrounding your very existence, of the powers greater than thou. The weather is, in fact, more binding than the Core, and is able to wreak more havoc on students' lives than the most bicycle-weary Cantabrigian motorist. In short, the weather determines the whether...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: WHETHER THE WEATHER | 2/22/1997 | See Source »

Despite the global pretensions, Concert's first gig will be the $100 billion local phone network in the U.S. Hello, Baby Bells. Competition calling. The combination of MCI's hell-bent-for-market-share moxie and BT's muscle--Concert will have a cash flow of $12 billion--could wreak havoc in local markets, and that could be good news for anyone with a dial tone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MCI'S NEW EXTENSION | 11/18/1996 | See Source »

...play's energy only slows down towards the end, when Valmont and Mertueil's scheme starts to wreak havoc in their own lives. Valmont is torn between La Presidente de Tourvel, whom he claims to have fallen in love with, and La Marquise de Mertueil, who holds considerable power over him. The sense of unspoken attachment between Leach and Brawley is perhaps too good, because this turn of events does not seem believable. There is a fatal swordfight between Valmont and Le Chevalier Danceny that continues for too long, stretching out the play's final scenes when they should...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Complex and Witty 'Liaisons' at the Agassiz | 11/7/1996 | See Source »

...discover that the other two protagonists have gone straight: Michael (Brad Pitt) is an assistant D.A. assigned to prosecute the case, while Carcaterra, nicknamed Shakes (Jason Patric), is an aspiring newspaperman. Michael intends not only to lose the case against his old pals but also to use it to wreak vengeance on Nokes' former accomplices, all of whom have gone on to respectable lives. Shakes' job is to persuade their priestly mentor to supply an alibi for the murderers by lying on the witness stand. This offers amusingly gainful employment for Dustin Hoffman as a bumbling defense lawyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: CRIMES OF THE HEART | 10/28/1996 | See Source »

...dean wrote that he did not want to "wreak retribution" on "the leaker," but said he is "genuinely concerned only to restore confidence where it has been lost...

Author: By Chana R. Schoenberger, | Title: Participation of Students On Committees Is Secure | 9/13/1996 | See Source »

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