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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...really liked the atmosphere and thought it would be a cool place to work, but the waiter told me that the woman who owned the place wanted to preserve the atmosphere of a cafe in Spain and didn't accept applications from women," says Burnham. She says the waiter was apologetic regarding the bistro's rigid policy but, nevertheless, he neglected to give Burnham an application...

Author: By Ariel B. Osceola, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: A Strange Brew at Pamplona: Waiters Wanted, Women Need Not Apply | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

Students cannot accept a world where people our age are denied an education because they must work for pennies, without clean air, without clean water and without their rights. No trade is worth that...

Author: By Benjamin L. Mckean, | Title: No Globalization Without Representation | 12/8/1999 | See Source »

...says that his school is careful not to accept gifts that stray too far from the school's academic focus...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan and Erica B. Levy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Foreign Donors Swell Harvard's Coffers | 12/7/1999 | See Source »

...School will not accept gifts from donors for areas where KSG has no institutional expertise or where the program funded by the gift has no relationship to its mission," Nye wrote in an e-mail message...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan and Erica B. Levy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Foreign Donors Swell Harvard's Coffers | 12/7/1999 | See Source »

...Republic National Bank of New York had made some high-powered enemies, had reportedly grown neurotic in recent months, convinced that he was in constant danger, and wouldn't emerge from a bathroom - despite entreaties from rescue workers - as the apartment became engulfed in flames. But will the public accept a tidy conclusion to this veritable Greek tragedy? Theories have already emerged on the Internet painting Maher as a Lee Harvey Oswald-like Russian mole. Another, probably closer to the truth, has Maher trying to ingratiate himself with the sickly billionaire, thus finding a place in his will. Expect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Greek Tragedy That Killed Edmond Safra | 12/7/1999 | See Source »

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