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...final clubs developed from fraternities to eating clubs at the end of the 19th century and later became social organizations after World War II. Although most clubs still serve meals, most members say they eat at them a few times at most. Called final clubs to distinguish them from the waiting clubs that once catered to the sophmores and juniors but no longer exist, the nine all-male social clubs were governed by rules developed in the 1920s until the University severed ties with them four years...
Enthralled by physics, Stephen concentrated in the subject at Oxford's University College, but did not distinguish himself. He partied, served as coxswain for the second-string crew and studied only an hour or so a day. Moving on to Cambridge for graduate work in relativity, he found the going rough, partly because of some puzzling physical problems; he stumbled frequently and seemed to be getting clumsy...
...dollar abroad, but it could give the buck more weight at home. An alliance of Congressmen and business groups wants to replace the dollar bill with a gold-colored coin bearing the likeness of Christopher Columbus. The change would boost business for vending machines and could help the blind distinguish a dollar from larger denominations. It would also save money: coins last 13 times as long as the average greenback's 18- month life-span...
...says as you pass the Lesbian Coffee House in the Dunster JCR. This, combined with a few other manners assimilated from wealthy classmates passes for sophistication around here and snobbery just about everywhere else. But the smile and the shrug really have to do with ignorance: an inability to distinguish what's distinctive and important...
...Harvard campus would hurt both students and workers. Students would be forced to pay higher tuition bills to support higher union wages, and would be at the mercy of the union if a strike or walkout were ever called. Union negotiations with management would restrict possiblities for individuals to distinguish themselves, so a union would hurt workers too. Employee efficiency would drop once union wage scales lessened the relationship between performance...