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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...college he was energetic and full of promise. As a pro he was dominant, a winner, a tough-minded, fierce-talking leader of men. As a pitchman he was smooth and charismatic. As a movie star he held his own with an animal act...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Air Force in D.C. | 1/31/2000 | See Source »

...meantime, Zorn, having shed his NotComGuy handle, remains unimpressed by his rival's novelty act. "I don't think it's very hard what he's doing. It's like Bio-Dome. It's Gilligan's Island, except he has everything." Zorn may have a point. If his own experience is a guide, the true test of DotComGuy's character will come 11 months from now, when he will have to face the outside world again, no longer safely cocooned inside the Web. Perhaps he'll retreat when he finally sees his shadow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DotCom Vs. NotCom | 1/31/2000 | See Source »

...think that Frank was a great admirer of Tip O'Neill, and that he practiced the act locally," says Robert C. Barber '72, Duehay's campaign manager for his 1983 and 1985 council elections...

Author: By Edward B. Colby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Local Specialty | 1/26/2000 | See Source »

...Juggling Act...

Author: By Edward B. Colby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Local Specialty | 1/26/2000 | See Source »

They play a rougher style of hockey, and the danger for injury is always high, especially because the Crimson may not be in peak game shape. UNB also has a high propensity to drop the gloves for a fight, an act that would carry a one-game suspension for any Harvard pugilist, exhibition match...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Intersession Is Last Tune-Up for Crimson | 1/26/2000 | See Source »

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