Word: endlessly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...snowy Cambridge, however, the millennium--in popular parlance, if not technically accurate--may bring more headaches than thrills. The University, tied up in endless wiring and technology, faces a potentially disastrous start to the next millennium, as the so-called Y2K bug threatens the gadgets and infrastructure that keep the University running...
...scope of the disaster is potentially endless. Important machinery in University Health Services could shut down, registering that they had never been serviced. Payroll computers could malfunction, leaving Harvard's employees without their paychecks. Keycard locks on dormitories could electronically freeze. Temperature-controlled experiments could be disrupted and priceless specimens and research destroyed...
...restrain a crazed defendant, and that they're used only for that purpose, never for punishment (that would be torture). But the watchdogs worry that when the belts are used not only in the courts but in jails by prison guards, the possibilities for abuse are practically endless. The U.S. loves to lecture countries such as China and Malaysia on their human rights records, yet unlike most other Western countries it still has the death penalty. Is there a disconnect there? Maybe, maybe not. Stun belts, too, have their justifications, but the image -- the wave of the judge's hand...
...longer resides on the campus that brought it together. Our common experiences are the substance of what we take away from Harvard, stripped of its institutional trappings. Graduating only means we'll no longer trek to Store 24 for a late night Slim Jim, lament Harvard Dining Services' endless variations on unflavored chicken entrees or attend 500-student lectures (something many of us stopped doing years ago anyway). But it shouldn't mean that the people who have been part of our lives won't stay that way. Our fellow seniors are our friends and lovers, our extracurricular colleagues...
...honestly could not be more grateful to the tutors, administrators, dining hall staff, nightwatchpeople and "chief and coach" who have made my life so lovely. Having always enjoyed the opportunity to find a cup of coffee late at night and play with a tutor's young child and seemingly endless chances to rant with a brilliant future law-school professor about the strange journalistic mantra of meta-reportage, perhaps I protest too much about Harvard's pampering...