Word: bike
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...woman in Leverett House who had her navelring ripped out in a bike accident this fall saysgetting adequate treatment required persistence...
Arriving at Harvard I had no idea that I would be encountering anything worse than Expos. Bikes. More specifically, 28-geared high-tech ultra-light mountain bikes with front and rear shocks and tires with treads an inch deep. Astride this machine of terror rides the Harvard student. We all know how mild-mannered and bookish Harvard students usually are, but on top of these behemoths they become pilots of destruction. I glance behind me in apprehension, and find a bike-riding Harvardian screaming down the narrow Yard paths, no doubt late for his or her "Sex" section. They...
Just the other day, I met a victim of such an attack. She had been carefully walking her bike in the Yard, as the law dictates, when she was viciously knocked to the ground by a typically aggressive Harvard biker. Shaken and bruised, she made it to her office cursing the daredevil Yard bikers. I had nothing but sympathy for this Harvard Law School secretary. Bikes are supposed to be walked in the Yard. It's the rule, and it's only fair. Bikers in the Yard put pedestrians at risk...
...understand those unfortunate souls who live in the Quad need a way to get to this zip code. But if you're so late for class you can't take the time to walk the last leg of your trip, you're probably too tired to steer your bike accurately...
...think I have the solution though. When I go back home for Christmas break, I'm going to ship out my bike. It has treads the size of an off-road vehicle, and I bet I could get to class at light speed. If you can't beat 'em, join...