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...Legal jargon aside, HMC has had to weigh its financial interests against its moral obligation to represent Harvard in the public...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Makers of Harvard's Millions | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

...Henderson excelled at flight school and soon was chosen to be commanding officer of Strike Fighter Squadron 146, his first command. VFA-146, as the squadron was called in military jargon, went on to win the Estocin Award as the top FA18 squadron in the Navy. The success of VFA-146 made Henderson consider a career in the Navy more seriously...

Author: By William M. Rasmussen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Fighter Pilot to Ship's Captain: Ronald | 6/5/2001 | See Source »

...band ever, because they actually invented something. There were great bands like the Stooges and the MC5, but I think that they were still blues bands. The Ramones were actually the beginning of something new. They stood for the idea of making your limitations work for you. In film jargon, they would be "a pure situation." They talked like they walked like they sounded onstage. Everything added up. That takes an extraordinary intelligence to figure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eulogy: Bono Remembers Joey Ramone | 4/22/2001 | See Source »

...society have really changed all that much. Are we really more open minded than we were in the 50s, have we really eradicated racism and sexism, have we actually dealt with the economic polarity of our populace, or have we simply veiled these issues in politically correct jargon...

Author: By Natalia H.J. Naish, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Before the Divorce: When We Liked Ike | 4/13/2001 | See Source »

...heavily favored applicants with education degrees. School systems made it difficult for even the best-qualified career switchers to become teachers, often requiring them to spend a year or more obtaining master's degrees in education. The recruiters often seemed to care more whether prospective teachers could talk the jargon of "metacognition" and "kinesthetic modalities" than whether they could actually solve an algebra problem or explain cell division...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rookie Teacher, Age 50 | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

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