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...just felt at that point: let's pin these guys," Murphy said. "Let's make them drive the farthest distance instead of having to kick the ball against the wind [if Harvard failed...

Author: By Bryan Lee, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Cross Can't Catch Gridders | 10/21/1996 | See Source »

...makes a mess and has poor circulation;" and I called the Bureau of Study Council to say I needed academic help, badly--I was taking a graduate-level German course on Heinrich von Kleist and didn't speak a word of German. Many students told me they got a kick out of "Prank Files," a column intended only as an idiotic distraction based on rather unsophisticated humor. But despite the lack of depth of "Prank Files," I am shocked the administration thinks it has the right to deny freedom of the press...

Author: By William L. Kirtley, | Title: The Ad Board Is Composed of Humorless Bureaucrats | 10/21/1996 | See Source »

...controversial review of previous data finds that an ABORTION may slightly raise a woman's risk of breast cancer. Early in pregnancy, breast cells grow rapidly, but by the third trimester, hormones kick in to tame them. Researchers suspect that after an abortion, the breast is left with cells that could grow out of control--and become cancerous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Oct. 21, 1996 | 10/21/1996 | See Source »

When she was young and began falling in love with cars, she could tell the make and model in the dark, just by the headlights. She and her friends chased the cars around the neighborhood, played tag and kick the can. "Those were the days. Life was good and easy then," she says. And she laughs to herself. "It's still pretty good. It's just not easy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DESPERATELY SEEKING LORI | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

...pull the trigger in Topeka and when the bad guy blows up in Boston--has been sharply reduced. Most important, the Web's maturation means that gamemakers don't need proprietary networks to get customers online. Even the mighty home-video-game industry, which should get a much needed kick in the pants this week with the release of the hotly anticipated Nintendo 64 machine, has seen its sales figures slacken dramatically in recent years as its target audience graduated from Mario Bros. to modems and PCs. The Net, says Glenn Crocker, vice president of engineering at software developer Chaco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FUN AND GAMES IN CYBERSPACE | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

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