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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chemical spilled was tetrahydrofurane (THF), a highly flammable liquid often used as a solvent. On the zero-to-four scale used by the National Fire Protection Association, the substance is rated a three (severe) for flammability and a two (moderate) for health risks...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Spill Forces Evacuation of Labs | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

...couple of caveats for would-be Washington millionaires: The six-zero sum gets paid out only when and if Hustler publishes your salacious story, and Flynt reserves the right to shift the deadline forward. Assuming he doesn't, however, the offer expires on May 1, 1999 -- which gives money-hungry Monicas everywhere plenty of time to initiate the affair and get the photos developed. Interns, start your engines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress vs. Larry Flynt | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

...measure also calls for a zero-tolerance policy for underage drinkers and asks colleges to reduce the opportunities for students, faculty, staff and alumni to drink on campus...

Author: By Mary C. Cardinale, CONTRIBUTING WRITE | Title: Senate Resolution Launches War Against Campus Binge Drinking | 10/2/1998 | See Source »

University spokesperson Alex Huppe said that the College does not interpret zero tolerance to mean the expulsion of students who are caught with a beer in their hands...

Author: By Mary C. Cardinale, CONTRIBUTING WRITE | Title: Senate Resolution Launches War Against Campus Binge Drinking | 10/2/1998 | See Source »

...zero-sum world, the exploitation of loopholes and the pulling of strings secure great benefits to those who are able to do so: the affluent and the educated. Ultimately, we have institutions and systems to keep personal jockeying from interfering with social functions that we believe should be impartial and impersonal. And I find it troubling that Harvard, as a collective culture, is teaching its students not to refine and improve the fairness of the systems they come into contact with, but rather to regard these systems as obstacles in the way of their own personal fulfillment...

Author: By James T. L. grimmelmann, | Title: Finding Every Loophole | 10/1/1998 | See Source »

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