Word: globes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...scenario. Maybe they've heard something from an older child, or they've started doing the math themselves, calculating the number of chimneys worldwide versus the maximum speed of a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer. You know your kid is a doubter if he comes in holding a globe and a calculator and wearing an expression that says, "We have to talk...
...congratulate Oppenheim for his attendance record, though he seems to forget that awareness at Harvard of the dearth of female tenured professors, sexual assault or of broader issues of women's rights around the nation and globe continues to be lacking. Many women's groups on campus also attempt to travel beyond issues of sexual assault and rape on campus to tackle the problems that women across the world confront, from reproductive rights to sweatshop labor...
...next year, there will be a college sending out admission letters of a very different sort. According to a story in the Boston Globe, the creators of Patrick Henry College (PHC), currently awaiting accreditation by the Virginia board of higher education, plan to invite home-schooled students to make up the college's undergraduate population and create a rigid learning environment where students wear uniforms at all times, don't drink and are required to ask their parents before going on a date...
...Democratic nomination in 2002 is wealthy entrepreneur Steve Grossman, former chair of the Democratic National Committee. Grossman could clearly outspend either Birmingham or Finneran in a campaign, but if one of the candidates could gain public funding in addition to private contributions, it would improve his chances. The Boston Globe reported that Birmingham was pressuring the administration to quietly accept the changes, no doubt looking forward two years to the upcoming race...
Eric C. Engel, director of Harvard's Memorial Hall, praised the Boston Globe and its head critic Ed Siegel for devoting space to reviews of small, professional theaters...