Word: loss
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weeks after suffering the season-ending loss of captain center Paul Fisher to mononucleosis, the remaining members of the class of '99--point guard Tim Hill, shooting guard Mike Beam, center Bill Ewing, and guard Chris Dexter--went toe-to-toe on consecutive nights with the Ivy's national powers, pulled off the biggest upset in Harvard basketball memory and emerged having equaled the school record as the winningest four-year class in history, with...
Still, many say that the loss of a dean of students does not mean that students have lost their advocate in the administration. Instead, administrators at the College, and those contacted at other schools, argue that students' needs will continue to be represented through Lewis and his team of associate deans as well as senior tutors in the Houses. Losing a "dean of students," they argue, was merely losing a title...
...characters remain confined in their predetermined roles; they are kept at a distance from the reader, never moving outside of their predictable orbits. Even our protagonist only goes through of the motions of change, of "coming of age." This psychological change is paralleled or rather symbolized by a slow loss of weight and a gaining of beauty. She becomes slowly aware of a new sexual identity growing along with her intellectual capacities, and it is really on this aspect of her odyssey that the novel dwells. This sexual flowering as a physical manifestation of Jane's spiritual awakening has rather...
Administrators have said Patrick's leaving the University would be a serious loss for Harvard and her office...
Ignoring this problem would effectively drive out those citizens who help give Cambridge its distinct and diverse character. The loss of those who primarily benefit from low-cost units--the elderly and disabled, single working mothers, retired long-time residents and other low-income residents--would be a critical blow to Cambridge's vibrant political activism...