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...council that had weathered a seemingly endless string of scandals, Gabayseemed like a gamble when the council elected himlast fall...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: In Council Elections, Race Is for Second | 2/2/1994 | See Source »

...latest catastrophe in a string of disasters rocks California to its core, forcing its inhabitants to ponder their fate and the fading luster of a golden dream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magazine Contents Page | 1/31/1994 | See Source »

...year, 4 months, 13 days' worth if consumed one per day) from Sweet Stuff, in the Shops by Harvard Yard, or 33 Platinum gift-wrapped balatons of Neuhaus Belgian chocolates from Cardullo's. Or what about 557 Australian candy-dipped preserved two-inch diameter apricots (that's a string of apricots 93 feet long) from Crate and Barrel, 48 Brattle Street? If your gift recipient is a pre-med and keen on staying up late to study, $1,000 will get you 166.66 pounds of chocolate-covered espresso beans, from Barsamian's, 1030 Mass. Ave., or 409.5 gallons of caffeine...

Author: By Patrick S. Chung, | Title: Gifts for One Thousand Dollars | 12/15/1993 | See Source »

...Most people in this situation, in panic, pull the energy backup string [causing the parachutes to entangle] and free-fall to earth, killing themselves," says Lewin...

Author: By Carrie L. Zinaman, | Title: Harvard Graduate Repairs Hubble | 12/14/1993 | See Source »

Strangled on string...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toy-Related Deaths | 12/13/1993 | See Source »

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