Word: phenomenons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Since few Harvard students study abroad, students interviewed say the campus at large does not embrace the value of their foreign experiences. This creates a self-sustaining phenomenon--fewer students feel the need to leave, and ever fewer feel comfortable doing...
...River weeks before. When things eventually arrive on our distant shores, they are never quite the same as the original product. For example, Temple Bar can't compare to Grafton Street any better than Euro Disney can compete with prototype theme-parks in Anaheim or Orlando. Maybe this copy-phenomenon explains our latent insecurities, which oftentimes induce an inferiority complex hidden by rampant self-justification or over-inflated egos (as exhibited in this article). Like the Academie Francaise, clinging to an exaggerated notion of French linguistic purity, Quad residents are prone to overcompensate for self-doubt inspired by the general...
...know is even more pertinent in a fast-moving, fluid economy. While Internetworking is about to become the wave of the future, even tried-and-true methods of touching base and gathering tips are useful--and perhaps even essential. There are no hard data on the networking phenomenon, but career consultants and outplacement specialists estimate that as many as 70% to 80% of the best jobs come from effective, consistent networking, as opposed to using headhunters, blind resume mailings and job ads. At the Harvard Business School, for example, 80% of alumni find jobs via networking, says Bob Gardella, assistant...
Taylor remarked that this movement towards individual religious satisfaction is an unprecedented and important phenomenon...
...Celebration." The opening dance moves seemed to be directly lifted from the repertoire of 'N SYNC's predecessors, Boston's own New Kids On The Block. I started having flashbacks to "The Right Stuff" and for a brief second wondered if they would parody their whole boy band phenomenon-frenzy by covering that song. Sadly, it was not to be, but it would have been a nice touch of irony from a band sometimes compared to that late 80s merchandising empire/band...