Word: fines
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...friends and acquaintances, it is as though I've acquired a strange disease they've only heard about. "What does it feel like?" they ask. "Are you scared?" Or they take on the reassuring tone of a healthy friend offering optimistic assurance. "Don't worry. You'll be fine," they insist. "I'm sure it will all work out. You'll be okay, I know...
Then there are those whose friends or family members have been stricken. "Oh, remember Dave from Lowell? He didn't know what he was doing at graduation and he turned out fine." Or, "My cousin didn't have a job by the time of Commencement. Now he's married and works at Goldman!" Still others don't seem to have heard of the disease. Frequently it takes several tries to explain my condition. "So you're taking time off," they insist repeatedly. "Not exactly," I say, "since it's not really time off from anything." "Oh," they respond, with...
...Harvard's most radical experiments in curricular planning took place over a century ago, as we moved from a system with virtually no electives to one with virtually no requirements (1869). Since 1910 we have been fine tuning a fundamental commitment to both breadth (General Education, Later the Core) and depth (the concentrations). Harvard is larger and more complicated than it was in 1869 or 1910, and it is less a community. I find it difficult to imagine that the faculty and administration will come together to authorize sweeping changes...
...Crimson responded to the pressure in fine fashion. Harvard took the first game 2-0 behind a gem from Ivy League Player of the Year Chelsea Thoke, who hurled a two-hitter...
...Harvard women's soccer team should be just fine next season as it looks to regain the Ivy League title, but the 1998 season will be remembered as the auspicious finale of one of the most dominant classes Harvard has ever seen...