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...Perish the thought that this would be a real college, with a fast-food row open until 2 a.m., and not just a prestigious historical site. Harvard seems to believe that no one stays up past 1 a.m. to study or to eat. The libraries close before many students get into their studying groove, and when C'est Bon tried to feed starving students with fresh coffee and sandwiches 24 hours a day, its application was refused. For my own health, I should be studying in the library from 10 to 12 instead of procrastinating and then studying from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Peckish for Fast Food | 10/5/1996 | See Source »

Much of the data doesn't support this. After all, our football team has an all-time losing record against the Elis, and Harvard athletes seem to think that games against Yale are big, important ones, which would tend to suggest that Yale might actually be equal with us. Perish the notion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Who's Number One Now? | 10/1/1996 | See Source »

...world are becoming increasingly alarmed. Already, some experts estimate, 10% of the earth's reefs have been mortally wounded. Thirty percent are in critical shape and may die within the next 10 to 20 years. And an additional 30% are coming under such sustained attack that they may perish by the year 2050. "I used to be reluctant to say the sky was falling," says paleobiologist Jeremy Jackson of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute near Panama City, Panama. "I'm not anymore. Today when I go for a swim on a reef in Panama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WRECKING THE REEFS | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

...finally his health, I realize that my worries are laughable. Sure, I've been upset at times. I vividly remember the despair I felt last spring when I learned that my blocking group was quadded; I did not, however, feel the kind of pain that prompted Job to cry, "Perish the day when I was born." Not by a long shot...

Author: By Ben Lebwohl, | Title: Compared to Job... | 9/21/1996 | See Source »

...fellow Harvardians (we're the ones whose faces you can't see under our scarves, hoods and hats). I'm from sunny San Diego, no less. And I have just one question for all you die-hard New Englanders, or those of you from places with even worse climates (perish the thought): Why be cold when you don't have...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Dreadful, Lovely Winter | 12/15/1995 | See Source »

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