Word: anxiousness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...really works. An Ivy education generally does carry with it useful social networks, external prestige and the self-esteem that comes with winning the college-admissions version of the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes. But these advantages tend to be small and transitory, especially when compared with the weight that anxious parents and students attribute to them. "For certain kinds of jobs, a Harvard degree might help you get a foot in the door," says economist Robert Klitgaard, the author of Choosing Elites. "But if you look at outcomes -- earnings and social status -- it is very hard to make the case...
...almost a week, and there is only one more dance to go. They've taken all of the tests, they've sampled the Square's finest ice cream, they've had proctor meetings and they've decorated their rooms. With Orientation Week behind them, the Class of '93 is anxious to get beyond the introductions...
...more pragmatic, the Economics Department has a new course on the books--a preprofessional option in financial accounting. Business School student Sanjay Kallapur leads this introduction in basic accounting for undergraduates anxious to become CPAs...
...British insisted on that, however, and so, after several anxious telephone calls between London and Paris, the two Allies' ambassadors in Berlin finally requested an interview at 7:15 p.m. with German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. They told him that unless Germany immediately stopped its invasion, they would "without hesitation fulfill their obligations to Poland...
...Another Northwest DC-10 turned back to Detroit immediately after takeoff because the flap controls were not working properly. By week's end many anxious travelers were avoiding bookings on DC-10s. Addressing the fears, Federal Aviation Administrator James Busey maintained that there is no evidence that DC-10s are less safe than other airliners...