Word: isn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...profs aren't as perfect as their students might fashion them to be. More than once, Vinnie wants to tell her new love that, despite his protestations to the contrary, she really isn't very nice. They meet on a transatlantic flight, in fact, not because of Vinnie's natural charm but despite her best efforts, so typical of the tenured academic set, to put him off. She would deny him even a glance at her newspaper, were she not unfamiliar with the proper form of that particular snub. And the more physical manifestations of love-well. Vinnie still finds...
Finally, the Crimson article airs the assertion that the Administration would invade Nicaragua if it had the public's support. While I can't be sure that this isn't the case, it is hardly a cuase for alarm. If the government and people of the United States decided that Nicaragua was a menace to our security, it would be folly for us not to defend ourselves. In the same manner, Israel would be justified in taking military action if Col. Khaddafy developed nuclear weapons. The issue is not one of law, involving guilt or innocence, but one of survival...
...surprising that one person who isn't thrilled with the long list of companies who call themselves Harvard is Joyce Brinton, director of the Office for Patents, Copyrights and Licensing at the Harvard in Cambridge, Mass...
Beyond that, she says, "we would prefer that our name isn't used by anyone" else...
When Harvard students steal, things are different. Shari Rudavsky's article "From Roads to Roorhs" (11/21/84) reports "a new craze to break up the first semester freshman blues--stealing street signs." It is designed for "bored" freshman who find "Harvard isn't quite what it was cracked up to be." Signs are now "a symbol of status...you ain't cool unless you've got a sign," states one freshman. Another concedes. "It is stenling, so by definition I am a thief," but another concludes that "It's the thing to do." Rudavsky notes that freshman proctors seem "unconcerned...