Word: exam
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...When I was a student here, I took an exam right here," he said of Lowell Lecture Hall. "But senior year I had already decided to be a comedian, and decided I wasn't taking school seriously...
...most people, Tai Chi is an exercise that helps them focus and manage stress--which is now reaching its annual peak at Harvard, with the holiday season and exam period right around the corner...
Faced with hundreds of pages to read for the next exam, some college students have started to pass on the old standbys like coffee and No-Doz, reaching for herbal tea and ginseng instead...
...Despite the logistical disadvantages, pipes are a relatively inexpensive habit. An adequate starter pipe will run about $35, but a true connoisseur sucks only from collectible pipes (starting at $200). Leavitt and Pearce's house tobacco, Black and Gold, costs $2 per ounce. So this exam period, consider a pipe instead of the celebratory cigar...
...Rica, my home country, is an extremely egalitarian society in which it is considered bad form to make anyone else look bad, or to try to make yourself look too good. But if you want to get into the University of Costa Rica your performance on a standardized admissions exam is the only factor determining your admission and your ability to enter the career of your choice. The idea that a university should employ a large number of admissions officers devoted to reading application essays and listening to tapes of students' violin recitals seems downright bizarre...