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...much greater capital outlay required for this plan is also a drawback. Lehman Hall would be made into a Yard House dining hall; the Union would be divided into a dining hall for encompassing a Union dorms House and Dudley House; and Memorial Hall would have to be converted to a dining hall...
...Another drawback is that this plan forces the College to admit fewer students, thus reducing tuition intake, the Faculty's main source of income. At the same time, expenditures would increase because of the amount of building--masters' residences, dining halls and libraries--needed to equalize all 16 Houses...
...major drawback, however, is the way Gemme treats her subject matter. She is trying to demonstrate how each of these athletes has significantly changed everything up to and including traditional American values. But in trying to do so, she looks only at the most superficial aspects of the athletes' lives...
...policy gets results--one student from San Francisco bought a blank check at Bob Slate's and wrote out a $3000 check on a nonexistent account in a California bank. His father opened the account there before the check made its way out to the West Coast. The drawback to this rule is that it tells students on their first day here that Harvard is not a friendly, collegial institution; it is a corporation that must have its bills paid. You may be a Harvard National Scholar--one of the top ten admissions choices--or a member of the Rockefeller...
...only drawback to the Stadium are the hard, cold, backless concrete seats which can be a real pain in the ass in November...