Word: generalize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...change. I can honestly say that I am a different person today, and the people I knew in high school would not have recognized me after just a year at Harvard. I am less cynical; I am more optimistic about my personal life and about the world in general; I am happier. Only a certain amount of that change, though, is due to my own initiative; the rest, I think, is part of growing up. The more radical changes I though I could make to my personality failed miserably. Again, I won't get into the details too much--maybe...
What really concerns me is not the educational philosophy of Resnick's editorial but its general attitude. When one has the chance to spend four years largely isolated from the demands of the modern economy, to study and to live with a few thousand other young students, it seems remarkably selfish to whine about "customer service." This is not to say that students should be cowed into gratitude and never ask anything from Harvard. One would hope, however, that when they do demand something, it might be for people other than themselves...
OSCAR GOODMAN Mob lawyer wins landslide for mayor of Vegas. Next: Johnnie Cochran, Attorney General...
...pugnacious, pennant-winning second baseman; in Fairhope, Ala. Nicknamed "the Brat," Stanky battled his way through 11 seasons for National League teams, including the champion Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves and New York Giants. "He can't run, he can't hit and he can't throw," said Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey. "But if there's a way to beat the other team, he'll find...
...requiring movie theaters to ask kids to show photo identification before seeing R-rated films. This carding, in my opinion, is just a silly waste of time. First, the majority of movies are rated R, and they tend to be the most exciting and desirable to see. In general, when a group of kids, let's say age 13 or 14, go out to see a movie, and their choices are a Disney cartoon, an adult romance or a violent thriller, they're going to be drawn to the thriller. If they can't get into that, they'll probably...