Temple Bar has faced boycotts and claims of racism after a dozen Asian Pacific American law school students had to wait for a table two Tuesdays ago for about
25 minutes.
Pre-frosh will get their first real a cappella experiences this weekend. The annual jam will last
120 minutes.
Jo Le Guen, 53, who attempted to row across the South Pacific to bring attention to the threat of ocean pollution, abandoned ship and had to be flown home, without eight of his toes, only one-third of his 5,600-mile journey after about
86,400 minutes.
“Posh” Spice, a.k.a. Victoria Beckham, raised a stink after her set of three $3,161 Louis Vuitton designer suitcases were stolen from Heathrow airport earlier this month. British Airways launched an investigation and, according to Britain’s Sunday Mirror, agreed to pay her 100,000 pounds after she had huffed for
10,080 minutes.
Last Sunday the first black contestant, Steven Maurice Clark ‘81, appeared on the hit game show “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire.” By then, 84 shows had gone by, 192 people had appeared and the show had been on the air for
361,440 minutes.
Before government agents seized Elian Gonzalez last Saturday, Miami attorney Aaron Podhurst, who was negotiating with the family, asked Attorney General Janet Reno for six more minutes. Instead, Reno gave him
5 minutes.
Pre-frosh will get the chance to exchange warm fuzzies over ice cream for
120 minutes.
The boys of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy are going to swing the campus, or something like that, at Springfest Saturday. They also appeared in the movie Swingers, which lasts
96 minutes.
The black tie season kicks off this weekend with the PfoHo Pformal. Depending on whether or not you have a clip on, it should take less than
2 minutes.
Harvard-Radcliffe TV, which produces such classic programs as “Harvard Television News” and “The Asylum” has become an affiliate of Nibblebox.com—an Internet media venture which shows short video, audio and animated productions called “nibbles,” like the serial program “A Bunch of Villagers Getting Eaten.” Nibbles are no longer than
5 minutes.
Mr. Whitman mysteriously appeared in the place of Mr. Chu in The Crimson comics section. The personality change has been going on for
8,640 minutes.
Instead of the regular bread Israel sends starving Ethiopians, the government decided to ship three tons of matzo to keep with restrictions for Passover. Back at Harvard, Jews will be noshing on pizza, cookies and cereal starting at sundown, in about
641 minutes.
Brazil Central Bank officials are going to issue a new 10-real bill made from a special type of tough, polymer plastic. Although the bills are slippery and hard to fold, their life expectancy is four times the current longevity of paper notes, which is
648,000 minutes.
After working for the postal service in St. Petersburg, Fla. since 1986, Lolita Dash has taken a medical leave because of the stress she has been under since she was told to cut her fingernails. The painting and decoration routine for her 5-inch thumbnails lasted up to
120 minutes.
If you’re a pre-frosh reading this at 12:37 on Friday afternoon, be sure to stop by 14 Plympton St. tonight for The Crimson open house and learn more about FM in
413 minutes.
