Word: fasting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Derek Bok doesn't do extracurrics, as those of us too harried to say the whole word call it. We, the editors of The Crimson, do. Believe us, extracurrics aren't pretty. The only reason we do them is because we didn't get to the Coop fast enough at the beginning of our first term freshman year, and all the textbooks were sold out. After that, academics were hopeless. So don't be a rube--get to the Coop early, and study hard...
...side, Paul Gompers (who once ran a 2:15 marathon) has graduated. One of the major tasks of the team this year is to find someone to fill his fast shoes...
...approach our task, as they did, with a high degree of responsibility for the destiny of our nation. Democratic rights have been broadened. The working principle of openness -- let the people know, let the people discuss, let the people work and let the people control -- is fast becoming a way of life in our society...
...focused on the scientific and engineering markets, but the firm is now targeting such IBM strongholds as financial services, government and aerospace. For its part, IBM recently introduced a line of computers dubbed "VAX-killers." But industry analysts believe DEC's latest machines, which are twice as fast as IBM's, may be invulnerable to Big Blue's best shots...
President Chun Doo Hwan, who retires in February, had favored an electoral college system that his party could control. But Roh, Chun's hand-picked choice as his party's candidate, gave in to popular demands for free elections after a wave of student protests last spring. Roh stood fast, however, on a number of other demands made by opposition leaders. He refused to agree to lower the voting age from 20 to 18 and rejected calls to establish a popularly elected office of Vice President...