Word: greeter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...middle-aged self-assertion. He did it his way. He can make it anywhere. He picks himself up and gets back in the race--that's life, or Sinatra's blowhard version of it anyway. It is the artfully projected world view of a casino entertainer, a glorified greeter, whose job it was to make old guys with bum tickers and second wives feel good about themselves...
...Greeters' statements are still predominantly true, but as first-year students note, they continuously stress the bright side of life at Harvard. This may be due to the greeter selection process, which actively recruits students with strong school spirit...
...most probably be expensive, the gap between the (long-lived) rich and the (mortal) poor will widen further. Finally, if you live to be 120 years old, you will have to work the majority of those years in order to survive. Do you really want a job as a greeter at Wal-Mart when you're 115 years old? BOB CHAMBERS San Diego Via E-mail...
...Small World Order," written by Doug Rand, with score by Adam Levitin, is billed by its creators as a "mega-multimedia demonstration." Entering the theater, patrons are received by a greeter in a Disney visor who gives a standard "welcome to the theme park" speech and escorts each ticket holder to the seating area. This is all very funny the first time it happens, but if you're waiting in line, it grows tedious rather quickly...
...home page (http://www.fas.harvard.edul/~gupton) and had decided to take issue, in hateful words, with my choice of the best songs and movies of all time--particularly my tongue-in-cheek selection of "Pretty Woman" as the greatest film ever. "I could see a 60-year-old former Walmart greeter making this choice, but a Harvard student...