Word: break
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seems like something out of George Orwell: television sets souped up so they can watch viewers watching them. Last week Nielsen Media Research, purveyor of the make-or-break TV ratings, announced plans to develop just such a gizmo. The "passive people meter," a computerized camera system, would sit atop sets in thousands of households, keeping an eye on every move that viewers made...
Chandler took off her junior year to rebuild her knee, but she also used the break to reevaluate her role as a player and as a student...
...have to be ready to work for the things you want, because they rarely come easily. Harvard makes you fight for every privilege it gives. The Handbook for Students does not list the facilities that will make students happier and healthier, but the rules we had better not break if we want to continue attending. This includes the phrase that every Harvard student fears, but none understands; one must avoid "conduct unbecoming of a Harvard student...
February 15: Men's hockey goalie Grant Blair records his seventh career shutout, tying a Harvard record, in a 3-0 win over Colgate. He will break the mark 11 months later...
...that these long-term couples are graduating, the time has come to make decisions about whether to enter the real world together. Though some are trying to stay together, other have decided to make the break...