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Harvard College admissions officers can breathe a sigh of relief after applicants to the Class of 2010 received electronic acceptances and rejections without a hitch this past week. Unfortunately, it hasn’t always been that way. The College’s current system has been relatively problem-free so far—the most recent mishap was experienced in 2002 when America Online’s filter system interpreted Harvard’s e-mails as spam and bounced the messages back to the admissions office. Fortunately for the College, it was obvious then that the Harvard admissions...
...experience. Adopting the template of Ensler’s piece, the production company shaped their rendition to feature the experiences of Harvard students. The final montage was an edited compilation of anonymous submissions to an online blog. It materialized on stage “without a hitch,” according to one of the directors, Catherine P. Walleck ’06. In one of the monologues, a group of students waits for the late-night shuttle in the bitter cold. The shuttle dispatcher asks one of them, “What are the genders of the people...
...happened, the meetings went off without a hitch. Bush met with President Karzai to go over everything from the hunt against Al Qaeda to Afghanistan?s still heavy drug trade. Meanwhile, the First Lady met with female officials from the Karzai government to discuss health and education. Bush helped dedicate the American embassy in Kabul, joking with the new ambassador, Ron Neumann, whose father had also been ambassador to Afghanistan. ?There?s nothing wrong in a son following a father?s footsteps,? said Bush to laughter. Later he thanked U.S. troops at Bagram air base and praised Afghanistan?s transition...
...wait to get off the crowded bus. But one “unwanted guest” just couldn’t let go. Police attempted to persuade the lingerer, who was itching to get somewhere the shuttle would not go, to dismount. Police asked him to hitch a ride in their cop car. The rider declined...
...browsing and instant messaging are the two areas that highlight both the strengths and weaknesses of the 770. The browser-from a "third party"-is powerful. Most sites showed up without a hitch-although it stumbled slightly with the Java on AOL's website. The screen resolution is an impressive 800x480 pixels, which means if you have great eyesight you can see entire webpages across the 4-in. widescreen. If you're having trouble, fear not, for two buttons on top will zoom the picture in and out. Although Nokia clearly thought the screen issue through, it still represents...