Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...formals aren't completely without theirperils. If you're looking for a love connection,it's a good idea to shy away from going withsomeone who is widely known to be involved withsomeone else...
...fact, high school stuff might not be such a great idea, after all. At Harvard, you have the opportunity to be someone completely new. That varsity football letter jacket might be hard to explain if you come here and decide you want to join, say, the Society of Nerds and Geeks...
...week begins in earnest with first-yearregistration. Registration sounds important. Itsounds like something that requires an early alarmclock setting. But the secret to registration isto go in the afternoon. Everyone thinks it's agood idea to line up in the morning. As a result,first years find themselves stuck in an hour-longline playing more name game, which by now isbeginning to get old. And it's still early in theweek...
There are other tests to take, for students wholike that kind of thing. Chemistry placement testsdetermine the level of hell for would-be premeds.It's a good idea to take a foreign languageplacement tests; it's possible to test out ofHarvard's foreign language requirement. An eveningcookout caps that day's activities. More namegame...
None of this ruckus was O'Grady's idea; this hero has his heart in the right place. He has repeatedly expressed his bewilderment at the treatment he has received and has given all credit to the Marines. Last Wednesday was the first night since his plane was shot down that he got a decent night's sleep. The attention "just kind of wore him out," explained his father. "He wants his identity back. He wants to be a normal human being." But the spinmeisters, the public and the media may not allow that, and they are harder to escape...