Word: golden
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prestige paradox works like this: An enterprising, promising high school senior manages to secure admission to Harvard. Soon, this lucky kid is greeted with admiration and awe by those who hear of this impressive honor. The glow continues to follow our golden child throughout her college life. Every time she meets someone on an airplane, runs into an old friend from high school or talks to Aunt Clara, she is reminded of her special distinction. She can't help but begin to define herself...
Unfortunately, however, once inside the Yard, this identity is complicated by the hundreds of other golden children that surround her. She is then faced with a problem: the rest of the world defines her by this admittedly arbitrary and superficial standard of success. But once here, this distinction is no longer so distinctive. In the midst of this impressive bunch, she must figure out how to maintain this hollow distinction...
Meanwhile, night had fallen and my driver wanted dinner. I agreed to head back to Harvard without my green sash, my golden fleece, the right shoe size for my glass slipper. We drove back toward Route Two in silence. All of a sudden, I spotted the Ayer Police Station. Stop! I cried...
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...which has never lost a regular-season game to labor strife, was already struggling to rebound from last year's arrests of five players on marijuana charges and from the ugly spectacle of Golden State guard Latrell Sprewell's assaulting his coach. The league was also facing the prospect of life without Jordan, who made pro basketball a global franchise. And now the sport is about to alienate its fans, precisely when baseball is on the rise...