Word: half
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hail Harvard! With a month-and-a-half to go in the 20th century, that illustrious institution on the Charles has done it again. It's a new cultural innovation--the fourth meal...
...fact that they are not experiencing the long-term effects immediately," Giebfried said. An easy way to see how addicted you are to cigarettes, he said, was to think about how long you typically go after waking up before needing a cigarette. If the time is under a half hour, he said, that is a sign of serious addiction...
...links alcohol creates on a college campus are also worthy of note. According to statistics from SAMHSA, over half of binge drinkers are current smokers, another piece of evidence that smokers are many times more likely to abuse alochol or illicit drugs. Additionally, over 3,000 minors begin smoking every day, and the pattern of addiction is particularly strong. According to these figures, over one-third of those who are "experimenting" end up addicted...
...have missed fewer than half a dozen classes in the last 36 years," he says...
...deal with the pressure, it's Vicky. Her father worked at the Winthrop dining hall until 1988. She has worked at Harvard dining halls since she was twenty-one, and knows her job well. Vicky works from 10:45 to 7:45 p.m. five nights a week, with two half-hour unpaid breaks to eat. She describes her day, "at 11, we eat, get up, put desserts out, and start working. We're done at two and we clean tables, fill up napkin holders and get the desserts for dinner ready...