Word: desks
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During my four Harvard years, I have kept a collection of the most breathtaking and incisive ideas I have read. Some I stored in a hidden space in my desk drawer, others I stuffed in folders and lost at the bottom of my knapsack. At the end of each year, I collect the words of wisdom jotted down on scraps of paper and in notebooks and record them onto more permanent index cards...
...stumbled upon these quotes unaware the other day. I was cleaning out my desk drawer and found the index cards filled with words. The power of Fitzgerald jumped out at me again, differently this time. Never had I so fully identified with his lost generation, called by the tolling of bells as my class will be as we commence, palpably surrounded by the spirit of the past and of Harvard tradition, even as we take our leave of this home. I have learned the old creeds alongside the new, and together they make for a difficult lesson. We are taught...
...resting from activity, rather than pushing ahead and causing permanent damage. Use the phone to contact friends rather than e-mail. In addition, UHS recommends students correct their posture, since hunching over can precipitate a repetitive strain injury. Finally, students should pay attention to the ergonomics of their desk environments, adjusting computer keyboards for ultimate comfort...
...drank too much. My first year I have a very vivid memory of being sick into a desk-side wastepaper basket. We lived on the ground floor, Adams F-2, and I remember looking up and seeing a middle-aged couple looking in the window with slightly worried expressions, as if they were thinking, "Oh the stress! These poor boys...
Last February, another Loral waiver request landed on Clinton's desk. The State Department supported the waiver, arguing that it would promote trade with China and enhance America's position as the world telecommunications leader. But Clinton knew that Loral's technology transfer was under investigation. He also knew that Loral's chairman, Bernard Schwartz, was the largest individual donor to the D.N.C. in 1996, responsible for more than $600,000 in soft-money donations. Clinton was warned in a Feb. 18 decision memo that Justice believed that if the Loral investigation ever went to trial, "a jury likely would...