Word: comps
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...unclear how the social club might structure the content of a merit based comp, the type the College permits...
...sitting in this language class, ignoring the professor while thinking in English, I was stressing out about how much stuff I needed to be doing at that moment, contemplating whether I should've bothered waking up for class, if I was ever planning on finishing my Crimson comp, whether I should've skipped the class for sleep or work, what my Saturday night plans were, weighing sleep vs. work vs. extracurriculars vs. class, thinking about the application deadlines I was about to miss, what courses I should take next semester, the surprise birthday party I needed to plan...
...extended an invitation to the composing music community," said Vice President of the Band Gregory C. Padgett '02, who was in charge of the composer comp. "It's seen as a great opportunity, a really high-profile thing on campus...
...hasn't committed to activities beyond rowing. He says he might want to comp the Lampoon or work on a public service project, but for the moment he is watching his friends for guidance...
Many of the fresh entries in the dictionary, like many of the nation's recent immigrants, have been admitted because they play a role in the new, high-tech economy. It's clear what we've been talking about for the past eight years: machines and money. "Usenet." "Comp time." "Bit stream." "Index fund." This is your heritage, America: a language that's forever evolving new terms for small computers ("subnotebook") and exotic lending practices ("reverse mortgage") but still has only one word for snow ("snow...