Word: equal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There are many young women at Harvard and Radcliffe who believe that the play field is totally equal," Wilson said, drawing gasps and chuckles from the audience. "They are quite unwilling to hear otherwise...
...panel members, RUS members from the sophomore, junior and senior classes, particularly cited their experiences of being ignored or even dismissed by teaching fellows in sections as an indication that playing field is not yet equal...
Today, the first BCS standings will be released, The standings, based on a complex formula giving equal weight to the polls, computer ratings, strength-of-schedule and won-loss records, will determine who plays in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 4. The standings will be updated weekly, with the final list set to be released...
...conquering the elusive troika of money, power and prestige, Rubin is living the dream of the hyper-ambitious. As the embodiment of what so many at Harvard seem to be striving to emulate, he's the poster boy of the Harvard undergrad. The drive to equal this uber-alum's conquest of the troika has become one of the defining characteristics of undergraduate--especially senior--life at Harvard. Curiously though, this drive is often self-defeating. For the more success we attain, the less-satisfied we feel. Call it the prestige paradox...
There's nothing wrong with wanting to be a Robert Rubin. But, there is something wrong with feeling like a failure if you never quite equal...