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...Granted, some lucky few do manage to find their lifemates in the pressure cooker of these hallowed halls. But, for the most part, the conditions of college life conspire not to bring people together in congenial bliss, but rather to tear them apart and batter their spirits beyond recognition. For starters, these are years of rapid maturation and personal change. Trajectories of personal growth do not often coincide. Moreover, many are unwilling to settle down and work through the inevitable tribulations of a relationship. We're young, they think, and why should we tolerate anything less than total contentment? Things...
...Crimson played about 32 minutes ofexcellent basketball on Saturday, then let theLady Terriers turn a blowout into apressure-cooker...
...Harvard pressure-cooker gets pretty hot mid-semester and by mid-May classes have reechoed boiling point. Your friends vanish, the humming of the Cabot Library fans becomes the soundtrack to your life and you start to hear The Crimson hit your door before you've hit the covers...
...were evaporating and, ahem, top management had better pick a new strategy. It was a miserable way to run a company: desperately leaping into lifeboats, always at the last possible moment. One night Grove dreamed he was being chased by a pack of wild dogs. "It was a pressure cooker," he says...
...digital components of most appliances these days store more information and process a wider range of commands; in some cases, they are even making their own decisions. Sunbeam's most advanced toaster, for instance, can sense voltage fluctuations and adjust its toasting time accordingly. Panasonic's electronic rice cooker uses a fuzzy-logic chip to choose a suitable cooking temperature. The latest microwave from Sharp decides how long to nuke leftovers. (It also displays recipes and cooking instructions on its digital face...