Word: adulthoods
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...halogen-filled environment, I fear for first-year eyes. Since halogens were banned from the Yard this year, the steps down the path to squinting adulthood have been brought to historic Harvard standards. This class of first-years has something new in common with the former residents of their rooms, with John Quincy Adams, Class of 1787, and Horatio Alger, Class of 1852: they too can experience the Yard dorms as if by candlelight, huddled over their books in the corners of dark, gaping rooms...
...morals of the '80s and '90s. Like all kids today, and in my time too, they make mistakes. But with the exception of a couple of mistakes--and Andy Bleiler was one of them--Monica was normal for her generation. She dated, she tested the line between adolescence and adulthood. She was not an affluent kid going to seek a thrill in Washington but a personable, well-educated young woman trying to build her credentials. She was looking for a career in public relations and communications. Working at the White House seemed like the ultimate job opportunity for any young...
...restlessness is much more than that. In the moments between sleeping and waking, between finishing the paper and handing it in, between studying for the test and taking it, between hard work and future failure or success--and maybe even between childhood and adulthood--you can get stuck in time, like a thick mud that grabs hold of your foot as you're stepping with the other foot onto solid ground. You can't think about "nothing" at that moment, because "nothing" is exactly what you fear the most, that somehow you won't make it from Point...
WEIGHTY MATTERS It's no longer considered O.K. to put on even a few pounds just because you're aging. To achieve maximum longevity, finds a study, weight should be kept at a stable and low level throughout adulthood...
...wish the McCaugheys the best of everything for their family. Unfortunately, their children may face adulthood in a world fraught with ecological disaster because of overpopulation. There are so many humans that we are crowding out other species and changing the biosphere of the planet. It is time we all lived responsibly, with our children's future in mind. Otherwise, there may not be much of a world for our children or the septuplets to enjoy. LARRY MURPHY Provincetown, Mass...