Word: heard
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...TWELVE THE FIRST TIME I HEARD A DOCTOR TELL my mom that she was going...
...back in Philadelphia for several weeks of radiation treatment. She knew that the letter was going to come that day, and when she called that evening she tried to mask anticipation by starting a casual conversation about school. "I said, `Mom, I got into Harvard,' and then I heard the phone drop and she just started screaming. My aunt said that she went around the hotel and told everyone in the lobby that her son was going to Harvard. I was as happy for her as I was for myself...
...TWELVE THE FIRST TIME I HEARD A DOCTOR TELL my mom that she was going...
...about to abandon need-blind admissions, it seems likely that an additional scholarship might only free up dollars for other projects. Moreover, the fact that so many of us are so disinclined to give unrestricted gifts--"Well, if I give, it will be to financial aid," is commonly heard among seniors these days--indicates the general and rightful displeasure on campus with the way Harvard spends its fortune. For the Senior Gift is, in the end, all about the money: how much Harvard has (plenty) and how it spends it (poorly). On the day seniors got our first mailings about...
...Dylan kept me company on the stereo, and I was enjoying rolling up the mountain at 65 miles per hour when all of a sudden I heard a horrible grating noise. At first I thought it was just Bob Dylan's voice, but then the car began to rattle and shake (more than it usually does), and although I wasn't applying any pressure to the brakes yet, I was definitely slowing down...