Word: preciousness
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...time to stop being defensive. The students are guilty as charged. They don't care much about the council or its agenda--and understandably so. In the competition for the precious waking hours of Harvard students, they're bound to lose. When the competition for our attention is between campaigning for universal keycard access and tutoring underprivileged kids, or between set, it's no surprise that the council will lose every time...
...heart. You can use it to call a special shuttle after regular hours, which is probably when you'll usually be calling anyway. Also learn to love the walk. It's 15 minutes out of your day that you can have totally to yourself. Those 15 minutes are a precious commodity; enjoy them...
...editorial did much more to point fingers at The Crimson's favorite targets, "our precious final clubs" and Harvard administrators, than to address the efficacy of such government policies. Is The Crimson prepared to have the same scrutiny directed toward itself or its own "beverage-laden" parties? The editors should not confuse a need for education in responsible drinking with a need for "zero-tolerance policies." Unfortunately, the dangers of drinking do not disappear on a student's 21st birthday. JOHN J. A. SMITH...
...have pathetic, almost infantile debate. We worry endlessly about `values,' which have precious little to do with the real concerns of the country," he said. "This is not what I went into politics for, and I'm embarrassed. And I'm sure...
...high anxiety and road trips. Across the U.S., the families of more than a million high school seniors--at least those who did not do so this July and August--are spending a good portion of this autumn visiting college campuses. As the days dwindle down to a precious few before applications are due, the students are struggling to find--and get into--a college or university that will bestow upon them a pedigree ensuring success in life. Poised to court them are college-admissions staffs bristling with view books, videos and other lures of modern marketing, eager to deliver...