Word: highs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...kids were convinced. At first I chalked it up to their own over-eagerness. As the dust settled, however, I realized that I was the one who was mistaken. In fact, every Harvard student who still believes that they are the same fun-loving slacker they were in high school is also mistaken. Ladies and gentlemen: we've all grown up, we just haven't realized...
...privacy. Their lives are constantly regulated by their parents in the form of curfews and dress codes and scrutinized by their peers--ew, where did you like, dig up that outfit? Those who resent the authoritarian aspects of Harvard's administration would do well to remember the absolutism of high school regulations, which included uniforms, rules against public displays of affection, bans on beepers, requirements to use only transparent bookbags and educational requirements that make the core system seem like ultimate liberty...
...eternally trapped by mortgage payments, income taxes, marriage, alimony and/or dead end jobs. Adults seem to have less freedom than kids. Grown ups are like pin balls whose trajectories are defined by a series of obstacles that bounce them in a meaningless direction. After shooting out of college at high speed you slam into a four-figure monthly rent and you careen towards a career in I-banking. You're hit by 90-hour weeks, you fizzle out, lose steam, and drop into law school. There you bump into a nice guy, slide into marriage and emerge from law school...
Monti contributed 12 points and a career-high 11 assists. Her performance highlighted the team's successful effort to improve its passing and reduce its turnovers...
Egelhoff just missed a double-double with nine points and a career-high 11 rebounds...