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Outside zoo authorities say the company is getting a bad rap. All zoos experience attrition, and a dozen or so deaths among a population of more than 1,000 is not out of line with the norm. "Eventually, all of them will die," says Jane Ballentine, a spokeswoman for the American Zoo and Aquarium Association. "Just like humans...
...beggars with homeless people; beggars are not necessarily homeless, and vice versa. In fact, if Tuck had conversations with some of the panhandlers that I have talked to, she would learn that many of them live quite comfortably. To be sure, these sorts of beggars are probably not the norm, but Tuck's inane generalizations still smack of guilt-wracked hooey. Tuck needs to give Harvard students more credit; the majority of us are already concerned about the problem of homelessness, but are averse to treating homeless people like they are animals in a petting zoo. ADAM R. KOVACEVICH...
...takes more horsepower to run. Versions 4 of Netscape and Microsoft's Internet Explorer require an extraordinary investment in CPU power and memory to run properly, if at all. And even when a user coaxes his or her browser to run, frequent system crashes and slow performance become the norm...
...club is distinctively tailored to the Harvard student lifestyle--easily accessible, inexpensive and educationally oriented (Salsa and Meringue lessons precede the club's 11 p.m. opening). In addition, tweeds and turtlenecks--rather than tight black apparel--are the fashion norm...
...Class of '98 graduates, some of us will remember when the Houses had character, but none who lived with it intact will remain at the College; only members of the Class of '99 will remember that randomization began as an experiment. For incoming classes, randomized housing will be the norm, just as unordered choice was for the Class...