Word: dears
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Dear Editors - As I read yesterday's front-page article about the "voluntarily retirement" of Joe Hickey, I could only wonder how long it will take the higher-ups in the Harvard corporation to understand how much of the satisfaction we gain from our undergraduate experiences is determined by our daily interactions with and ability to trust in our caring and dedicated House employees. Every one knows that Harvard is a business, and a successful one at that, but its essential vitality lies in a sense of community that the bullying of long-time, much-loved staff members like Hickey...
...once again, we embark on the frigate of the new semester, this magical time of discovery and rebirth and, of course, the sweet, sweet cursing of first-years lotteried out of Core classes. Yes, the upperclass students bask in the glow of their years until the unfortunate announcement of (dear God, must we go on) a random lottery...
...more gray than black and white: "If there is no black and white, there can be no gray--since gray is merely a mixture of the two." How perfectly poetic! How superbly simplistic! (Rand must have been exempt from Lit. & Arts A.) Try mixing yellow, blue and red, my dear...
...they love their Packers? One couple used the occasion of the N.F.C. title game to marry (the bride wore green and gold), and one family surreptitiously spread the ashes of a dear departed on the field afterward. The most played dance tune in Wisconsin is, yes, the Packarena. The waiting list for season tickets is 30,000 names long; only the top five made the cut last year. On Jan. 25 the Packers will sell 25,000 specially designed boxes of "Frozen Tundra," pulled up from Lambeau after the Mud Bowl victory over the 49ers...
...have thought about this a lot, and perhaps my writing style is governed by the belief and hope for change, development, growth--if not universally, then at least individually. I believe that everyone has certain ideas, ideologies, philosophies which they hold dear to them. They range from certain religious and cultural customs and practices to even political and social issues such as an opinion on affirmative action, or immigration policies. In life, we will all have to encounter challenges to these ideologies, instances when the masses believe differently, and we are pressured to submit, other times when people will view...