Word: missing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...then there are the students who are off campus by mistake. Students returning from leave must notify Harvard in advance to get housing, and some of them miss the deadline. They find themselves in off-campus housing by default. Julia *** '91 had a similar problem. She lives at home in Medford largely because her father' checked off the wrong box on her Harvard application. "When he deals with forms he makes stupid mistakes," she says. But she adds, "I probably would have stayed home anyway...
...Biloxi, Miss. The predawn fog creeps across the Hilton hotel parking lot where a dozen perky volunteers gather to prepare for the Vice President's visit that afternoon. Scott Walker, 22, who has taken a semester off from the University of Central Florida, leads a group that will plant another 100 BUSH FOR PRESIDENT signs along Highway 90. The others head for the the Mississippi Coast Coliseum to inflate 1,000 red, white and blue helium balloons. They work in the men's bathroom, where the ceiling is low enough to allow the balloons to float within reach. Logistics...
...Gulfport, Miss. Jim Vandenberg, manager of the Catfish Shak restaurant, pours the last quart of pickle relish into the industrial-size tub of tartar sauce for the catfish later that morning in Biloxi. The Bush campaign originally wanted a crayfish boil, but wiser heads counseled that crayfish are a Louisiana dish; catfish are regarded as Mississippian...
...yesterday it was Barry Goldwater). When Lehman mentions that Michael Dukakis advocates saving $18 billion by eliminating two carrier task forces, Teeley, who has been sitting in on the conversation, immediately sees it as the perfect item to highlight Bush's speech at the Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. Teeley urges Bush to add a new note card for his speech. Bush agrees and Teeley drafts four new sentences, based on Lehman's unchecked assertion...
...Pascagoula, Miss. With Lehman at his side during a visit to the Ingalls shipyard, Bush waves stiffly from a platform in front of a new amphibious assault ship, the U.S.S. Wasp. To a crowd of men in hard hats, Bush vigorously advocates a strong military and then launches his hastily scripted attack on Michael Dukakis. For the first time all day, the national press takes notice; Bush must be so confident that he is looking ahead to the general election. Bush's understated comparison of himself with Dole and Robertson (he again mentions "stability") gets lost in the static...