Word: musts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...assumption that a Harvard man smokes a pipe. (Not all of his customers are male, of course, though his female customers are mostly European women.) Macdonald sees it as a rite of passage, one that is often quickly discarded due to the amount of patience and work one must put into his or her pipe. It's amusingly easy, after all, to spot a novice pipe-smoker from their frustration in keeping the durn thing lit. For neophytes frustrated by packing, cleaning and storing their pipes, Leavitt and Pearce publishes a how-to pamphlet...
...finding a place on campus to smoke it, since College policy prohibits smoking in both common areas and student rooms of all Houses. While it's not entirely convenient for cigar or cigarette smokers to go outside to get their fix, it's particularly difficult for pipe smokers, who must carry more paraphernalia than will fit into a carton of cigarettes. The above-mentioned junior admitted that he smokes infrequently because of the hassle of finding a proper location. St. John says that he "tough[s] it out with the rest" of the smokers outside. Years ago, Leavitt and Pearce...
...analysts burn the midnight oil. The hours are enormously variable, they say. "You're here as late as you want to be--you work until you're done, basically," one associate says. Some night analysts leave early enough to see the sun go down, but at other times they must stay until 2 or 3 a.m. Shemmer says he sleeps about six or seven hours a night--far less than he was used to in college. But the pace is slower when it's so spread out, an employee tells me. "Work is work," he says. "You think about...
...examinations--which teachers must pass in order to receive their licenses--test basic skills in reading comprehension, writing and expertise in a particular subject area...
...Teachers must pass all three sections but don't have to take all the sections at once...