Word: fixedness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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I don't allege that the College is anti-Semitic. I simply think that it is too rigidly fixed in its ways--not a revelation to anyone. If Harvard is so concerned about fires, then both menorahs and Christmas trees should be banned from individual rooms. As matters stand, however...
The young girl laughs and waves to the milling crowd as she pumps the pedals of a unicycle with an oversize counterweight fixed beneath. As she tools back and forth along a thin cable strung 19 ft. above the ground, her friends wait for a chance to take a spin...
1 For the correct horizontal line of sight, the monitor's top should be at or below the eyes. The wooden work surface in the Cornell home is fixed at 28 in., but an adjustable chair allows each child to sit at the correct height.
Dorm Crew leaders and administrators are looking for solutions; in the meantime, they say they're doing the best they can. But don't expect the problem to be fixed anytime soon.
Of course, on this question of old age, science is still a baby. There are plenty of biologists who believe that aging and death are as inevitable as taxes. No one really knows if human longevity will come up against a fixed barrier somewhere or if, like the sound barrier...