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...generalizing about my generation. Which is what I've always been doing, and I mean just making these leaps into the air. Saying, "Yuppies are serial killers." Well, "Models are terrorists." And making these metaphors. "Young kids in L.A. are vampires." Et cetera, et cetera. And me just being playful with these metaphors, taking them to the next logical conclusion. But it doesn't necessarily reflect what I like on a daily basis. My life is really boring, really boring. But I know you must not think...
Nearly 30 million Americans suffer from hearing loss, yet only a quarter of them bother to wear hearing aids. Last week Starkey Labs introduced a new device that could encourage more people to seek help. Unlike typical aids that simply magnify all sounds, the tiny Cetera model uses new digital technology to mimic our natural ability to block out background noise and zero in on specific sounds, like a whisper or a voice across the room. If it wins FDA approval, the Cetera could be available for about $3,000 by summer...
...rate, personality matters most. Or does it? C. E. Ted Wright '01 claims, "Behind perhaps a mask of academics, there are plenty of people who are easy-going, interesting, et cetera." Despite overheard cries of "What men?!" and "I wish I were a lesbian because there are no guys here," (conceivable alternatives) most Harvard women will concede under pressure that there are attractive men somewhere on campus. After some prodding, men will admit likewise about the female classmates. So why do students have such trouble finding and maintaining healthy relationships, when in so many other aspects of their lives these...
...discrimination policy protects our varying belief systems, and our political beliefs are protected under this clause. If Langsam ever finds herself in a situation in which she is being discriminated against on the basis of her Republican beliefs--losing a job, exclusion from a Harvard facility, physical threats, et cetera--she has opportunity to seek legal recourse...
...from the last Election Monitor in November. But Forbes has become the indisputable second. He is the choice of 17%, a sizable step up from the 4% who picked him before. As for the rest of the G.O.P. field, every one of them is still an et cetera. Phil Gramm 9%, Pat Buchanan 6%, Lamar Alexander 3%. Et cetera...