Word: half
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...knew he and his roommate had bought from a smiling sophomore for twenty dollars. He was daydreaming; his dark hair had fallen over his forehead and now partly concealed his empty eyes, but it could not hide the wanton slant of his grin. He had not moved for half an hour when he decided to make the phone call...
...Financial Aid Office announced that it would increase scholarships next year, but not by enough to offset students fee increases. The Office predicted that students would have to spend $510 more to go to Harvard next year--$400 more for tuition, $60 more for board, and $50 only about half the new expenses...
...Course Assistant. It was Bunny Largess, Visiting Professor of Half Truths, who formulated the now-famous rule on "choosing a course assistant." In Bunny's own words, "Make sure he is cruder, more reactionary, and basically less pleasant than even you are. Then give him a free hand." It is also important that the assistant be totally inept as a lecturer (ideally he should drool as well as lisp), and that he cast a favorable light on your physical appearance. [In the event that your academic credentials are likewise open to question, be careful to pick an assistant with ones...
...Budapest, Henrietta Blueye lost a battle with the Hungarian court and was sentenced to six months in jail. But the Hungarians said that the two and a half months Miss Blueye had already spent waiting in jail could be counted against her sentence...
...University Planning Office announced that it was reviving old plans to build Faculty housing on the Shady Hill site near the Divinity School. In 1955 Harvard had cancelled building plans on the three-and-a-half-acre area in face of stiff neighborhood opposition. University planners said that they might start talks with neighborhood representatives within a few months to iron out possible objections...