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...Actually, I'm kind of busy right now." This usually comes right after you propose to the Pre-greedicus to do something else (which may actually entail nonproductive movement or conversation). This goodbye is especially useful to Pre-Greedicus because the "right now" qualification personalizes their departure with the slight suggestion that their busy state is only temporary...

Author: By Gil B. Lahav, | Title: A Taxonomy of Harvard | 4/25/1994 | See Source »

...question that Canaday Hall has maintenance problems. But these could easily be alleviated with some simple renovations. To raze and then rebuild Canaday, on the other hand, would be to destroy more than just its exterior "lameness." It would consitute a waste of time and money, and it would entail the destruction of the tradition, unity and morale that Canaday Hall has come to represent for many of its residents...

Author: By Nancy RAINE Reyes, | Title: A Place to Call Home | 4/14/1994 | See Source »

While many students push for greatersecurity, no one is sure just what such securitywould entail. Some functions possible over thenetwork fall in a category that make themdifficult to regulate...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, | Title: Fake E-Mail, Other Abuses Plague 'Net | 4/6/1994 | See Source »

...French would certainly not ban the use of words derived from Latin, as such an action would entail the prohibition of the bulk of the current vocabulary. Of course, Latin is a noble language of antiquity, while American English is the vile bastard child of culturally illiterate, gum-chewing slobs...

Author: By Brad EDWARD White, | Title: Toubon's Faux Pas | 3/2/1994 | See Source »

Paglia and Mansfield teach us that the purpose of justice should not be, as some would have it, to make the world ideal. Given human nature and the fact that people don't agree on what the ideal society should look like, making the world ideal would entail an unacceptable amount of coercion. It's true that liberty has its own costs and hazards, including risk, conflict, hostility, insecurity--even rape. But like the very first liberals, paglia and Mansfield both think the price of freedom is worth paying...

Author: By Daniel Choi, | Title: The Odd Couple? | 2/9/1994 | See Source »

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