Word: beginnings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...begin with sporting events. First came the Harvard-Yale game. The weather had been getting colder and winter jackets were appearing when suddenly, on the day of the game, the weather couldn't have been better. It was pleasant and crisp, and students cavorted in the grass outside the stadium, without a hint of the impending winter. It only made sense that we won; it would have been silly to lose after the sky had been cleared so effectively. Then what about the soccer games? At the first round of the NCAA championships, Harvard won rather dramatically. It was relatively...
...rain! Maybe. Just lucky coincidences that all goes well for Harvard weatherwise when they really need it? I think not! You may ask why then did it rain during the soccer game or at the Head of the Charles? Well, if it was always too perfect people would begin to get suspicious. This way the University subtly protects itself...
...with the line snaking up the stairs and into the lobby, students begin to realize 1 p.m. will not be an ironclad deadline...
However, there are significant gaps in the shuttle schedules, both from the center of campus to the Quad and to Mather House, that force students to walk home by themselves or take a cab when they should not have to do so. The Mather House shuttles are few to begin with, and from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., the shuttles run so infrequently from the Science Center to Mather House that students are practically encouraged to walk home by themselves through an area that has recently been subject to several attacks. And while the shuttle schedule has featured increased frequency...
...arrived just before the meeting was about to begin. Stopping to catch my breath, I opened the doors and entered Room 201 of Harvard Hall. I scanned the assembled crowd to survey those who had, like me, come in search of summer jobs on Wall Street. Something about the mass of people immediately struck me as notable but my frenzied state clouded my reason. I noticed that most of the people were looking over an application, and I immediately sought to find...