Word: creation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...summer night with the moths at the window, then looking at his son Dmitri, whom he had saved from the Nazis in his own flight from wartime France, whose future he foresaw, whose childhood he shaped into a memory of joy. Then, blinded by tears at his own creation, the great Russian humanist rescues his Krug, since David's death is not to be borne...
Part of a discussion addressing the creation of a "strong women's movement at Harvard-Radcliffe," the four undergraduate panelists told about 25 alums in the Lyman Common Room (LCR) that female students are still not treated equally by Harvard...
...stance on a women's center is like ourstance on a minority students or multiculturalstudents' center," he wrote in an e-mail messageyesterday. "The Houses are the focus of studentlife here, and we do not support the creation ofseparate gathering spaces for the exclusive use ofspecial sub-populations of the College...
...that Torvalds has made a penny of profit from his creation. For him it's been strictly a labor of love--although even love can grow cold after a while. "There are days when I get into technical arguments with people and I say, 'Screw you! I am taking a vacation for a week; I don't need this,'" he says. "But after a few days I always come back, because it's the most fun thing...
...happy to pay up for it, or there will be some very unhappy investors. "The driving feature of Vegas will always be gambling, but the days of giving away rooms to gamblers are over," says Stephen Bollenbach, CEO of Hilton, which is building the $760 million re-creation of Paris. The idea now is to command better room rates, more on a par with resort or European vacation destinations, by offering comparable accommodations. A discounted room on the Strip now goes for $49 to $99. To sleep in Hilton's Paris will probably cost double that...