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...regrets?" asked my roommate, as I scraped a pink eight-foot-tall naked man off the ceiling one Sunday morning in October. "Only one," I responded. My friends and I had just thrown Harvard's most outlandish, sensational, refulgent party this side of Adams House--a party so incredible, in fact, that I had to page through my Roget's Thesaurus to find the proper word to describe it. And I was saddened by the thought that ours might be the only such event I would ever experience at this school where most room parties are about as exciting...

Author: By Michael E. Balagur, | Title: Endpaper | 11/19/1992 | See Source »

...staff, perhaps taking note of the false messiahs that appeared in the Sabbatean glory days of yore, has thrown its faith in Berry into the trashbin of history...

Author: By Allan S. Galper, | Title: I Still Believe in Mike | 11/10/1992 | See Source »

...good team, but we were just kind of thrown on court together for this tournament," said Granat, who has been playing doubles with Parker for several weeks...

Author: By Patty W. Seo, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: No Fairy Tales for Netwomen | 11/10/1992 | See Source »

Ibsen's play presents a small Scandinavian town thrown into a furious controversy over the purity of the water at the local public baths. Enemy of the People's is dominated by Doctor Stockmann, who uses his discoveries about the water supply to put forward his elitist ideas. The cynical actions and reactions of all those in positions of authority question the responsibility of individuals to society...

Author: By Edward P. Mcbride, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Problematic Enemy of the People | 11/5/1992 | See Source »

This binding referendum, if voted into law, would ban wasteful packaging and work to insure that the many recyclables now collected actually end up being recycled and not simply thrown in with trash in landfills and incinerators...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Ayes Have It: Yes, Yes, Yes and Yes | 11/3/1992 | See Source »

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