Word: idea
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Once the team has an idea of how a business works, rather than analyzing every possible solution to a problem, Burns says, the team comes up with a few likely solutions that it investigates further...
Robertson, who has received Pell Grants for four years, said she has "no idea" how much debt she will have after graduating this June...
Before the had his picture taken for the year-book, Constantine M. Caraminis '99 says he had no idea his head size was an issue. "I think my head has reasonable proportion," he says. "If it's disproportionately large, I never thought about it." His perceptions were warped when, as part of the shoot, he had to don a cap and gown from the photographer's wardrobe. Unfortunately, all of the mortarboards were too small. "The woman just kept making these comments like, 'You must have a lot of brain in there,'" Caraminis recalls...
...idea of calculating head proportions fascinates Zachary L. Shrier '99, who says he believes that size does matter. "I tend to think I have an above-average size head." He came to this conclusion after measuring his own head at the Coop. While most seniors defer to head professionals, he just grabbed a tape measure and did it on his own. To his horror, he discovered that his head falls between two hat sizes. "I could either get a nice snug cap and get a headache or get the bigger one and have it falling over my eyes," he says...
This led Fagen and John P. Callan, also a graduate student, to push for an idea they felt was long overdue--an awards ceremony to honor good advisers...