Word: lucked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Piccard and Jones had better luck with China. On March 10 the Beijing government allowed the Swiss-licensed Breitling access to its skies, so long as the craft stayed south of the 26th parallel. Nevertheless, morale on the Orbiter 3 started to flag soon after, as Piccard and Jones flew over the endless expanse of the Pacific Ocean. Progress toward Hawaii was slow, and they lost contact with mission control for four days. "I realized that the worst desert wasn't made of sand but of water," Piccard said when communications were re-established. Then the balloon popped...
...thing you'll notice about John Harvard is that the left toe is pretty well-worn. The superstition is that if you rub it for luck, you'll get a letter of acceptance, so if anyone wants to rub it before we go on, please feel free. Watch how many unsuspecting tourists actually go for the foot scam. Count how many of them actually touch its urine-soaked veneer, and then try to beat that amount on the next tour. High score wins first dibs on the fresh-meat during Orientation week...
...shift to completely randomized housing assignments four years ago has created a present Quad population completely determined by Lady Luck's blind hand. Previously home to the women of Radcliffe, the Quad now houses over 1,000 of Harvard's lotteried male and female students. This population has split into two distinctive breeds: those who adamantly tout their home as an isolated Eden, and those who repeatedly try to transfer the hell out of Dodge. The latter, those skeptical of their remote living situation, are a surprising minority. For the most part, Quadlings discover a sense of community and pride...
SPORT OPTION: Try your luck at races beyond Wonderland at Belmont Stakes or the Aqueduct track...
...while there is much that cannot be controlled in the administration of a course, consistency in grading is one empirical standard to reach for. The option still exists whether to support Darwinism or to embrace the inflation of first-year grades. There is already too much luck involved in nabbing a competent teaching fellow and a supportive section of students-irregular grading scales shouldn't be part of the crap shoot. Such concern applies not just to first-years, though it often seems that we bear the brunt of the burden, but also to every student in a class where...