Word: plasticity
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time after two in the afternoon, however, the effect is draining. A smattering of undergraduates populate the stark, barren environment. The wan overhead lights complement the sterile decor, partitions inexplicably blocking off entire sections of tables from one another. A gov TF trudges in, seats himself on an unforgiving plastic chair and waits alone for students to visit his office hours, though none ever do. Restaurant workers peer forlornly out from the one open counter, looking in vain for someone, anyone to serve. It's like you've set foot on the set of The Iceman Cometh, except O'Neill...
...rumor has it that he's obsessed with the air his children breathe--literally. He has his servants check it for germs regularly and any toys which the children touch are promptly disposed of...And finally, as I was walking down Mt. Auburn Street yesterday, I saw a plastic bag floating in the wind. It spun in the air, inflated and deflated, and crashed and burned several times. I didn't find it all that profound...
Indeed, despite a growing trend in higher education to allow students and parents to put college payments on plastic, Harvard has quietly but firmly maintained a policy prohibiting tuition payment by credit card...
...allowing some people to pay by plastic would have deleterious effects on the entire student population, Strauss says. Because credit card companies charge a nominal percentage fee on every purchase, Harvard would lose a small portion of each student's tuition paid by credit, thereby forcing the College to impose a flat fee across the entire undergraduate population to recoup the losses...
...hello to the latest invention from Dunkin' Donuts, masters of over-indulgence: The Box o' Joe. It's a giant, spill-proof box of javao10 cups worth. The coffee sits in a plastic bladder that fits into a cardboard box. The coffee exits the "Box of Joe" through the plastic spout on the outside of the easy-to-carry container. Invented primarily to ease the burden of office coffee-runs, the Box o' Joe is also ideal for Harvard caffeine junkies like...