Word: partings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...knowing the significance of Y6B and doing something about it are two very different things. The widespread effects of the population increase have not yet begun to impress upon industrial nations; in fact, many of those nations feel they have "done their part" by reducing birth rates within their borders. What is often overlooked, however, is the environmental toll that modernized nations exact. Societal trends towards superconsumption ensure that one American middle-class child will use more natural resources in his or her lifetime than a family of eight living in Somalia...
...Part of the reason sophomores dress up is to distinguish themselves from the first-years. If you take two twins and dress one in shorts and a T-shirt and the other in a suit, the one wearing the suit would probably look older. You haven't been truly humbled until you have been mistaken for a first year at the activities fair during registration of your junior year (yes, that was me a week ago). It's nice to have people assess your age--and hopefully your experience with the Harvard scene--correctly...
...first-years want to make friends and sophomores want to look old, what about juniors? I regressed--it was third grade and the first day of school was the most exciting event in months. And part of that excitement was the new outfit I would get to wear for the first day of school, along with the new teachers, the new kids, and the third graders' spot at the playground...
Ownership of the site has already been transferred, but a formal handover will take place next Tuesday at the complex, in a ceremony in which Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino will take part...
Maura M. Pelham '00 remembers when Radcliffe was still an integral part of the university...