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...paper tiger," Reeves said in an interview after the election. "It wants to roar like a big lion, but it is not. Certainly [it is] not a representative...

Author: By Julie H. Park, | Title: Reeves Defies CCA, Is Re-Elected Mayor | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

Winston Churchill once remarked that despots ride the tiger; their precarious hold on power over an oppressed consituency will sooner or later crumble. Either Churchill was wrong or Harvard has some of the world's best tiger-riders...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: DART BOARD | 5/11/1994 | See Source »

Amid all the chaos, it seemed that the Bigelow professor of ichthyology's autocratic tiger ride was coming to a hasty and messy conclusion...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: DART BOARD | 5/11/1994 | See Source »

...last week Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 announced that the Liem's had been re--hired-the tiger turned out to be too lazy to devour its tottering rider...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: DART BOARD | 5/11/1994 | See Source »

Although Liem failed his prime (and only) directive--keep things running smoothly--he'll be back in the [tiger] saddle again...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: DART BOARD | 5/11/1994 | See Source »

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