Word: generalize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this year. I was one of a whopping 30 students assembled. If you subtract the 20 council members and four Crimson executives present, the net student body turnout was an astounding six. When one such student criticized the council for its shoddy publicity and lack of communication with the general student body, council president Noah Z. Seton '00 responded that it probably would be a good thing if the council publicized as much during the year as it did during election time. What a novel idea...
...step further: they lose touch with their constituents as soon as they are elected. In its official publication (Which, may I mention, the entire student body does not receive), the council fancies itself the student voice. Yet, with only .01 percent of the student body attending a general meeting, I would call the council no more than an inaudible whisper. The council is in the paradoxical position of being, on paper, the most credible vehicle for channeling student concerns to the administration, but, in reality, an organization that is neither fully supported by students or the administration. This must change...
Finally, I urge the council to stop making excuses for its lackluster performance. One need only hear the self-deprecating humor of council members over turnout at general meetings to realize that the council is well aware of its pitfalls. Don't fall prey to the Clinton syndrome and deny allegations you know to be true. Admit to your faults and then, instead of hiding behind the excuse that other people badmouth you, devote your energies to publicizing your good points. Sitting around and waiting for campus publications to give you favorable write-ups is a worthless venture...
...computing--driven by ever cheaper, more powerful processors, better software and, of course, the Internet--could regularly deliver surprises that pleased investors. Microsoft's ability to "blow away the numbers" when it reported fourth-quarter earnings recently added billions to its capitalization and swelled its lead over steady, reliable General Electric as the world's largest company...
...Trade customers for three days last week when a software glitch prevented the site from executing trades for an hour or two. The incident, which came only a week after SEC chairman Arthur Levitt warned traders about the dangers of Net stock mania, spurred New York State's attorney general to launch an investigation into the booming industry. Some online brokers, hit with a flood of service complaints, are trying to temper customer enthusiasm: Waterhouse Securities prohibits Web trading of certain volatile Net stocks, and Schwab and Discover have made it harder to trade on margin. For a reliable site...