Word: beaching
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...classic spring vacation for eligible collegiate thrill-seekers is the Florida Hedonism Extravaganza. There are three meccas of illegality to choose from--Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Daytona Beach. Be sure to check out the world balcony-diving championships, held nightly at area hotels in each city. Harvard's break unfortunately occurs slightly after that of the rest of the uncivilized world, but there should still be numerous opportunities to have a cheap, sleazy...I mean, totally awesome break...
...your activities in Florida should be getting one of your hearty compatriots intoxicated to the point of complete helplessness while on the beach, and then covering his or her face and chest with various lewd witticisms in sunblock. Party games like this coupled with the requisite amount of beer-guzzling and sun-worshipping, and you will have a dream vacation which will only cost your self respect, $300, and five-eighths of your functional grey matter...
...clue, people! Go South and roast on a beach with a Margarita in your hand. Why proceed even further North than Cambridge (Yes, it is possible) to shiver in an unheated cabin? But if you still feel the need to spit in the face of common sense, then you are welcome to this trip for $225 and two vital organs. Don't forget your Blue Cross card, though...
Most people head south to lie on the beach, soak up some sun and take a break from the academic life for a week. No stress. No hard work. No sweat...
...wants to go into nursing these days when there are so many better opportunities for women?" asks Adriene Barmann, 27, a cancer nurse at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach. For most registered nurses, the average beginning salary is $21,000, yet 30-year veterans regularly earn less than $30,000. Duties range from starting intravenous lines and bathing patients to such menial tasks as fixing TVs and taking out the garbage. Hospitals routinely require 50- and 60-hour workweeks. Little wonder, then, that enrollment in nursing schools has plummeted 20%, to less than 200,000 student nurses, since...