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...member of the MIT Chinese Students' Club then displayed several acrobatic moves with a Chinese YoYo, a set of two sticks connected by a string that help balance a wooden barbell...

Author: By Marios V. Broustas, | Title: Chinese Feast Marks New Year | 2/10/1996 | See Source »

...string quartet and arrangements of peach and red roses formally welcomed the Class of 1999 to Annenberg Hall last night, during a special dinner to celebrate the reopening of the College's original dining hall...

Author: By Chana R. Schoenberger, | Title: Special Dinner Highlights Annenberg Hall Reopening | 2/9/1996 | See Source »

Last night's game was the first varsity match McLaughlin has ever missed, breaking a string of 114 consecutive games played...

Author: By Shira A. Springer, | Title: M. Hockey Drops Beanpot; Sunday Car Crash Hurts 5 | 2/6/1996 | See Source »

...beginning to smell a lot like another annus horribilis for Queen Elizabeth. First there's what tabloids have dubbed the Seven Words War between PRINCESS DIANA and her sons' nanny, ALEXANDRA ("TIGGY") LEGGE-BOURKE. At an otherwise perfectly festive staff Christmas party--Prince Charles sprays Silly String on staff members, they dump glitter on him--Diana allegedly made so odious a remark to Tiggy that the nanny's lawyer sent warnings to the press not to repeat it, and the Queen had to be assured that the remark was untrue. Possibly as a result of her lip, Diana's long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 5, 1996 | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

...Jones industrial average ended a string of record closes Friday, losing 31.07 points to finish the day at 5,373.99. The New York Stock Exchange composite index fell 1.14 to 340.09. On the Big Board, decliners led advancers 1,271 to 1,077 with 750 unchanged. Volume was moderate, with 418.49 shares traded. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index gained 2.97 points to 1,072.43. The Standard & Poor's 500 stocks lost 2.62 to close at 635.84. The American Stock Exchange market value index lost 0.14 to 555.54. In London, gold closed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Markets | 2/2/1996 | See Source »

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