Word: asking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This morning, don't take your parents to see Marty Feldstein lecture in Harvard Hall. Instead, take them to an overcrowded section in Sever. Try to find a core class being taught by a befuddled TF with no particular expertise in the subject matter. Ask questions he can't answer. Enjoy as the discussion circles endlessly while self-important idiots pontificate in search of participation points. Afterwards, wait in line...
...this afternoon, before you attend the official welcoming by Dean Lewis, give your parents a tour of Thayer's basement. Show them the luxurious office-space that the College provides student groups. Then, when the Dean's speech is over, your parents might be inclined to ask a few questions...
...When I ask my acquaintances "How are you?" nine times out of ten, I get the response "busy." Time is one of our most valuable assets...
...within their rights to keep discriminatory employers off campus and it is inappropriate for the government to blackmail law school into lending their support to such discrimination. If the Pentagon is interested in recruiting graduates of top law schools, maybe it should look into changing its won "don't ask, don't tell" policy, instead of trying to force universities to compromise their principles...
...Some people ask why they should work for the institution if it's not going to benefit them in any way," says Beckert...