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...most affected by the robbery: "It's nothing I would expect to have happen, especially here. To have it happen in the first month of school, it jars you." Gibson says he "felt vulnerable for three days afterward" but doesn't any longer. Rubin, a native New Yorker, was the least affected of the three. "It is a little unsettling to think that someone was in our room while we slept, but I still feel safe so long as we take certain precautions...

Author: By Ben C. Wasserstein, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Waking Up to Crime in Matthews Hall | 10/28/1999 | See Source »

...store has garnered write-ups in the Boston Globe, The New Yorker, and food magazines and newspaper food sections nationwide...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Life of Cheese: Say Formaggio Kitchen | 10/27/1999 | See Source »

...from the prison's general population. His cell is equipped with a television set (he says he rarely watches) and a light switch, which allows him to stay up at night reading (he has gift subscriptions to the Los Angeles Times, the New York Review of Books, the New Yorker and National Geographic) or writing (answering letters or preparing legal papers). He goes to bed around 10 p.m. and wakes up before 6 a.m., when breakfast is delivered. "The food here, believe it or not, is pretty good," he says. He showers only every other day ("I have sensitive skin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Don't Want To Live Long: Ted Kaczynski | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...first issue, with Hillary Clinton making excuses for Bill's unfaithfulness and George W. quoted mocking a death-row inmate and using a potty mouth, attracted so much media attention before it was even available that Talk had almost guaranteed a successful launch. Editor Tina Brown, the former New Yorker editor, became the talk of the town (pun intended) as she reveled in the glory of having every soul in Washington, New York and Los Angeles giddy with anticipation over the first issue...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, | Title: So Far, It's Just Talk | 9/30/1999 | See Source »

...politics. Ventura urged Trump to consider a run, pleading for a nonpolitician to carry the Reform Party flag. They discussed taxes, regulation and campaign-finance reform. Last week Ventura called Trump but did not commit to supporting him. After that call Trump asked Stone to assess how the New Yorker might fare under the ballot rules. "He is going to look at [the race] seriously," Stone told TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Take My Party, Please | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

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