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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Snipe added that the African Meeting House plans to restore its original pews next year. A fire begun by a propane torch had destroyed the original pews in the 1980's, he explained...

Author: By Aby. Fung, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Boston's Own African American History | 4/30/1997 | See Source »

...oppose cloning and other forms of genetic engineering should take into account that nature and evolution have permitted humans to reach the level of intelligence necessary for genetic engineering. Is it not natural, then, for us to explore its potential? Perhaps it is time for nature to pass the torch of biological control to the hands of humans. BRIAN HOUSE, age 17 Denver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 31, 1997 | 3/31/1997 | See Source »

...Skeptical Inquirer, have proclaimed Hale-Bopp to be one of the "signs of the end times" foretold in the New Testament. They also suggest that the comet might be the object described in Revelation 8: 10 as a great star named Wormwood that "fell from heaven, blazing like a torch." Wormwood, according to the Bible, destroys a third of almost everything: people, land, rivers and seas. Others claim that the comet is some kind of alien mother ship "under intelligent control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRAZY ABOUT COMETS | 3/17/1997 | See Source »

...music, composed by Amy M. Brown '97 and Rashida Jones '97, glided from genre to genre, alighting on reggae, torch and the Beach Boys. The songs did not drag, and with their clever lyrics, they kept the audience on its toes. Particularly amusing were "I Like to Play With Dolls," a quasi-ballad sung by Jed Eyenite, with its hero's admission that whenever there are brawls, "I'll be skipping 'round my garden, twirling parasols"; "Stick Out Your Chest," an ensemble number with lines like "You gotta pucker your lips,/ Throw out your tush,/ And shake your hips...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Drinks Before, Not After | 3/11/1997 | See Source »

Western Pennsylvania has definitely been a gold mine for Harvard football in recent years, as Bibro is the third consecutive Pittsburgh native to take the torch for the Crimson...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, | Title: Football Celebrates Win at Banquet | 11/26/1996 | See Source »

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