Word: handbooks
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...goes some of the advice in The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook (Chronicle Books; 176 pages; $14.95), an improbable how-to manual that recently has been climbing the paperback nonfiction best-seller list and is now in its eighth printing. In addition to bad animal encounters, it probes life-threatening predicaments you'll almost certainly never face. For examples, the book offers straight-faced tips on how to escape quicksand (don't fight it, float on it); how to survive if your parachute fails to open (if a fellow skydiver is nearby--and that's one big if--grab...
Harvard's policy, as stated in the Handbook for Students reads, "In accordance with the ordinances and regulations of the City of Cambridge, cooking appliances are prohibited in any room or apartment not equipped with kitchen facilities. Students are advised that the University must enforce this regulation...
Many first-years complained about Harvard's policy on microwaves. The student handbook notes that, while microwaves are not permitted, students are allowed to keep a Micro-Fridge, a combination microwave and refrigerator...
...handbook further states this product can be leased through Harvard Student Agencies, although it gives no explanation for why this one product is permitted...
...instance, according to the Fields of Concentration handbook, last year four students graduated without being recommended for honors by their concentration from Applied Mathematics, one from History and Literature and two from Visual and Environmental Studies...