Word: fits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard, his life is over. "The parents get obsessed, which makes the kids obsessed," says Lemann. "It turns the high school years into a nightmare." Lemann predicts the rise of an industry that will shoehorn kids into the most prestigious colleges, even if they aren't the best fit. Diagnosing the problem as laziness, he believes that parents and students are abdicating responsibility in a process they could navigate at little cost. "You go to the store and buy the guidebook," he snaps. "What's so hard about that...
...dear friend "Mr. Affleck," her brother's nephew's toddler's girlfriend... The boo-hoo hooligan tried to convince us that the dumb piece of gold was the cure for all her family members' illnesses! (Too bad it wasn't a cure for that dress that didn't fit. Her publicist later chastised the media for calling her on it. "You think she didn't know how that dress fit?" he retorted. "She meant it to fit like that.") Gwyneth is supposedly our generation's Audrey Hepburn. God help...
...triangular ceiling sconces, cube chairs). The screens that separate the serving area from the dining area are like Japanese privacy screens, their slatted design evoking "exotic" bamboo. Various Ming-style vases and tureens once lined up like eager Maoists atop the salad bar, but have since disappeared in a fit of Amerocentrism. A rather unflattering painting of a beaming (and vaguely sickened) Buddha watches blissfully over the entire proceedings, as "offerings" of fruits and sweets (the traditional gifts given to the god) are heaped at his feet for students' consumption. In winter, you can hear the "ohm" of the House...
Firms encourage students to ask questions to determine whether the candidate and firm would have what have become key words in recruiting lingo: a good fit...
Rahn had suggestions for students who are not sure what questions will eventually help them decide where they want to work. He says asking firm representatives what they find exciting in their jobs is a good way to determine "fit...