Word: comperes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mathews was the Crimson's Managing Editor over 1994, and Anna Wilde was the Associate M.E. They had been dating for a while, moved in with each other after graduation, and just tied the proverbial knot last month. Joe was an outspoken M.E. who thought nothing of sending a comper out in the rain to cover some meaningless story. He was--and is--an active person, liking sports and always fidgeting around. You don't describe him with passive words...
...Social history without political history is worthless," says Benjamin A. Auspitz '95, who is a Crimson comper...
...Comping is an affectionate way of describing the sound a comper's ear makes when it is being brutally slapped by a Crimson editor...
...system at most schools. But Harvard, in her infinite sensitivity, has brought back the E. She's also exiled F, E's evil sister, from the report card. So when people say that you can't flunk at Harvard, that's what they mean. If you're a conscientious comper, not only will you get comped by your editor, but your report card will also be sprinkled with magnanimous...
When it came time for my first edit, however, I was told that the world "businesswomen" would have to be neutralized. Being a lowly, intimidated comper in my first day on the job, I said nothing, although the change bothered me. After all, the stand sold gender specific in my terminology? I doubt many men frequented the kiosk, and men were certainly not the stand's primary clientele...