Word: crowdedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Forty-two of 95 applicants succeeded in their transfer bids, down from 53 of 95 who changed Houses last January. Officials explained that the Houses are crowded largely because the number of students taking leaves of absence is decreasing.
As a group, Harvard students are cautious, time-conscious and practical because from what we read and are told by parents and other elders, these are the qualities needed to succeed in high-powered pursuits during times of economic recession. To win in a crowded fast lane, you need solid...
Still, the criticism rankles. "I'm doing my damnedest 24 hours a day to make the Met as good as I can," says Levine with unaccustomed asperity. "Every decision I make is to try to do that, and I can't help it if sometimes I'm...
Indeed, in a later report the president took exception to other colleges' descriptions of the system as a 'pre-examination reading period.' Lowell writes, "... as if the object were to provide a chance for review. Curiously enough, this was never contemplated ... and, in fact, so much reading was assigned that...
Only growing small businesses and big corporate clients are likely to go after these computers, known in the trade as "professional work stations" and designed to hang at the branches of a network of similar machines. Price tags range as high as $10,000; Altos, Corvus, Control Data, Cromemco, Digital...