Word: latters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...feel embarrassment, no matter what the situation, is a constant source of both amusement and consternation to his roommates. Stone is the most sedate, and observers describe him as the group's stabilizer. Martin and Salovaara occupy a middle ground, the former tending to be more cynical, the latter more outgoing. "I think that Erik and I have to take a bit of credit for loosening Nick up a bit, getting him a bit more lecherous," Elby says...
...street near the American ambassador's residence, where Ronald Reagan will be staying, has been repaved. Buildings opposite the Kremlin have been repainted in pastel colors. Even the grassy boulevard in front of a home Nancy Reagan may visit has been replanted. Like a latter-day Potemkin village, Moscow last week was being spruced up for next week's summit meeting between Reagan and Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. But the most noteworthy preparation for the superpower sit-down was in progress about 2,000 miles from the Kremlin on the dusty, sunbaked plateaus of northern Afghanistan. There a convoy...
...multi-billion dollar entities, plans its budget at least in part by anticipating revenues from various sources. At Harvard, one (admittedly piddling) of those sources is the Senior Gift, and one (not so piddling) is the total alumni contribution each year. Warren himself tacitly recognizes the importance of this latter source when he says "a donation to the Class gift is an individual recognition of the necessity for annual giving and a pledge to further that cause." Warren can't have it both ways: either donations are unimportant for running the University, in which case the tone of urgency...
...home, Harvard coaches and athletes too often view the student press as a potential booster club and not as reporters trying to be objective. There is some bad, cheerleading reporting on campus, but there can also be some excellent, unbiased writing. Athletes and coaches should realize that the latter is the model student journalists correctly aspire to, and respect that...
Some people say that the quality of play differential between men's and women's sports is enough to keep them away from the latter. Women's sports move slower, they argue, and the athletes aren't as strong...