Word: paperwork
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...result of the crowding phenomenon is a dedication of Reading Period to paperwork and Exam Period to reading. This chronology defeats the purpose of the academic structure, in which Reading Period is a time to review and synthesize a semester's work, and Exam Period is for more directed study. Reading Period, then, is neither restful (as it was originally intended to be so that graduate students and professors had time to complete their own work) nor productive (as it might be constructed with a new focus on the importance of undergraduate learning...
...often done on one's own, though in the most useful instances it is aided by the advice of a professor or graduate student. A Reading Period centered around learning would be very much in the Harvard tradition. A first step in that direction would be the removal of paperwork from the two weeks of Reading Period. The University Registrar, Thurston Smith, can aid students in this regard by moving the deadline (perhaps for next semester) for non-proctored exams to either the start of Reading Period or the end of Exam Period...
...began his career as a mole literally under the watch of the FBI. In April 1985 he began visiting the Soviet embassy in Washington to pass secrets. FBI cameras that are constantly trained on the Russian embassy from a nearby building recorded Ames' visits. Though he initially filed the paperwork explaining his forays, he eventually stopped doing so and kept going back. But the bureau never thought to wonder...
...state of birth. The site, launched just a month ago, contains complete financial data on tens of millions of Americans dating back to 1951. The reason behind the page is primarily financial: The agency thinks that making the information available on the Web will save millions of dollars in paperwork. Last year, the SSA mailed some four million financial reports to taxpayers at a cost of $5.23 each. Delivering the same report over the Internet costs a fraction of a penny. As usual, the bureaucrats are not very concerned that the site makes collecting private Social Security information relatively easy...
Kinko's did all the paperwork for free and Snapple will provide free drinks. Other sponsors include Mail-boxes, Etc. and Keezer...