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...personals” section of the site, a word-search for “discreet” returns over 1,500 entries. “Discrete” returns 404. While it would be refreshing to think that so many people consider themselves “distinct, non-continuous” and want to convey this information to potential partners, it is impossible not to know what they mean. Those who post on Craigslist personals—even in categories that imply desire for a long-term relationship with a man, woman, transsexual, or some permutation of the above?...
...joint concentrator in English and Classics in Eliot House. She hopes that the distinct perspective on life and Harvard embodied in her column, “Petri Dishes,” will foster the development of university culture. Join her on alternate Tuesdays as she tackles relevant issues while trying to avoid any more bad puns...
...late-night drunks. Store windows were being broken, cars were being vandalized…it was just a nightmare.”Rising rents slowly weeded out the less profitable. Today, eating in the Square is largely divided between high-volume fast food and fine dining. There is a distinct lack of authentic neighborhood restaurants at affordable prices. “In terms of average college offerings, it tends to be more of a formal restaurant, or something you can grab and go,” says Claudia F. Schreier ’08.A BRIGHT FUTURE...
...added that the geographical distribution of Iraq’s distinct ethnic and religious populations, as well as the uneven distribution of oil and water resources, impede any plan to divide Iraq...
...setting them up to measure a Gish Jen or Toni Morrison against the cultural standards of a Marlow or a Swift—while some Western European standards may inform their writing, the same literary tradition does not wholly apply to these authors, who descend from a canon remarkably distinct from that of old European or English works. Students will be even less equipped to approach works of authors such as Tsitsi Dangarembga, who writes in English, but whose national and cultural experiences are informed by situations far different from those of canonical writers...