Word: optioning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from college because she wasn't sure why she was in school or what she wanted to do. "I think Harvard really pushes people toward being burned out. They stress you as much as possible--exams after Christmas, deciding a major so early--and then give you the option of taking time off," says Ladin...
Each year, roughly 20 percent of all Harvard undergraduates take time off. Students leave because they feel stressed out and overwhelmed, they want to focus their studies or they need to get a clearer perspective on their education. It is an option, some call it a safety valve, that the University encourages...
Fewer students may be exercising this option, Kain says, due to rising cost of Harvard tuition. "Some people feel the need to move quickly along. Financial pressures push people forward," she says...
...made its point: it would defend its allies. Now it can sacrifice most of the missiles without loss, particularly since the original purpose of installing them was to persuade the Soviets to scrap most of the SS-20s. Ironically, West European leaders no longer embrace the "zero option" once favored by both Reagan and Gorbachev. Having incurred great political risks to get the cruises and Pershings deployed, European governments want to keep at least some as a sign of American determination to protect their countries from attack...
POSSIBILITIES other than completely uprooting the class were also ignored. A special section could have been scheduled, giving the 40 athletes a lucky option. They would get to practice, and the other 160 students would have gotten the class the department promised. Instead, the entire class was given to the athletes. So a secondary section, now a necessity, has been dumped on the preemptorily displaced majority...