Word: ancients
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...discussion of RSIs at Harvard. One of the central RSI mysteries is its reputation as a strictly Harvard problem. Last year, even as the least fatalistic Harvard undergraduates began to resign themselves to the inevitability of voice-activation software and scribes (a combination of high-tech wizardry and ancient luxury that did have a certain appeal), it was hard to ignore the fact that our long-distance boyfriends and high school roommates and co-salutatorians attending other similarly stressful and high-powered colleges had never heard of it. Even Harvard students had trouble believing they were that exceptional...
...Perhaps my parents bought one for me on a lark, or I saw them in a school library or at a friend's house. In any case, they were the perfect companion for a child who spent large chunks of his days poring over maps and atlases, reading about ancient civilizations and foreign intrigue...
...they tell if your mind is "inspired," you might wonder. They check with the Registrar's Office. In order to keep the on-line community suitably exclusive, members must be on record as a student or alum of one of the 17 schools OurSquare deems "inspired"--the Ancient Eight plus Amherst, Duke, MIT, Northwestern, Stanford, Swarthmore, University of Chicago, Wellesley and Williams...
...division championship sends Harvard up against Lou Gehrig division winner Princeton for the Ancient Eight title--the fourth straight year that the two teams have met for the title. The winner of this best-of-three game series, to be held next weekend at O'Donnell field, earns the right to move on to the NCAA regionals...
...division championship sends Harvard up against Lou Gehrig division winner Princeton for the Ancient Eight title--the fourth straight year that the two teams have met for the title. The winner of this best-of-three game series, to be held next weekend at O'Donnell field, earns the right to move on to the NCAA regionals...