Word: initiales
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When the final home-ice spot was decided one week ago, the Harvard players went through two sets of emotions. The initial reaction was one of excitement. Home ice represented a certain domination and a mental edge heading into the most important weekend of the season.
I was struck immediately by my own and my fellow classmates' demeanor: our giggling, our initial inability to call "No!" without prodding, our hesitation. Why were we all being such girlie-girls? I was doubly struck at the relish with which we all, once goaded on by the instructors, pummeled...
But like all those with numbered e-mail address, I found that the number grows on you after an initial period of distaste. You bond with it. It becomes part of you. As we evolve into a digital information economy, in which numbers are easier to parse, sort and control...
And then there's my middle initial--but that's another story.
"Our initial intentions had to do with students who felt our loan levels were too high from the beginning and wouldn't even apply because of the sticker price," Hudson said.