Word: comps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...courses that were cancelled, Pihl said, included Comp Lit 170, "Gertrude Stein;" Drama S-70, "Theater of the Avant Garde;" Government 1340, "Constitutional Interpretation;" Government 1595, "American Political Theory;" Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations S-199, "History of the Jews in Europe to the End of the 18th Century;" French S-P; and German S-170, "Golden Age of the German Film...
...another wacky history-related course, you can take Comp S-168, "Jewish Social Satire: Mirror and Model," which will study "social satire as a means by which Jews have recalled and shaped their past." According to the course catalogue, Harvard Senior Preceptor in Hebrew Bernard D. Cooperman will emphasize "the mockery of religious leadership and condemnation of the low status afforded women in traditional Jewish society...
...Partially, it was because we were back in the days when compers just plain got treated unfairly. (I ultimately became Senior Editor of The Crimson and, ironically enough, in charge of running the comp; the guy who became managing editor my year had been cut when he first comped, too.) Partially it was because I had been burned by running incorrect information I should have verified and committing probably that spring's worst reporting error. Mostly, though, I had made a lot of people think I was cocky and arrogant. They were right...
...something different. What could possiblybe more different from classical music? What doesmy father do all day at the office? How could theCrimson possibly have earned such a horriblereputation? What else will you fill your timewith? And encouragement. If I'd thought about mydecision to comp at that time, these might havebeen my considerations. But I didn't think aboutit, really...
Consider some of the features offered on the major commercial computer networks. An on-line catalog called Comp-u-store lists discount prices of as much as 50% on 250,000 brand-name consumer items, from Hickory Farms sausages to Stanley Tools wrenches, and accepts electronic orders for any of them. A-Z Worldwide Hotel Index carries rates and descriptions of 25,000 domestic and international hotels. The Career Network holds 4,000 resumes and 3,000 job openings. Stockvue analyzes the performance of 3,100 common stocks. The IRS provides full-text electronic versions of its 75 most requested...