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...forced into too-close-for-comfort conversation. In the morning migration, the elevators are full and feigning physical discomfort can acceptably replace fickle chatting. Such tactics become remarkably more difficult when the numbers decline, and the scene begins to resemble a bad blind date. You nod, you smile, you twirl your hair to seem otherwise occupied. And more importantly, you pretend you have somewhere incredibly important to go—and once the door opens, you make fast tracks to get there...
Though it has for the most part left its past identity behind, the Institute’s mission includes a commitment to “women, gender and society” as a nod to Radcliffe’s heritage...
While Lewis did not get the nod to assume a combined deanship during Knowles’ time, some believe he would have filled the position well...
...nagging back injury kept knocking Rose out of games, and superb play from his sophomore backup helped keep him out. By an Oct. 26 contest with Princeton, Fitzpatrick got the nod in front of a healthy Rose, but lost the job when Rose relieved him and led the Crimson to victory...
Despite this nod to his family’s tradition, Golden’s success led to a major shake-up of the assumptions of his powerful family, Anders says...