Word: proving
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...guards accepted a buy-out and retired. Harvard guards remain in the Yard, but in the Houses, outsourced guards stand in their stead, with the few exceptions of Harvard guards who switched to SSI, the private company providing outsourced security. The question now is whether the outsourced guards will prove an adequate replacement...
There is also the question of experience. Long-time guards have a familiarity with the campus, which can prove valuable in everyday situations. Guards who can quickly distinguish between students and intruders are an important commodity. It is understandable that SSI guards who are now patrolling the Houses do not know their way around--after all, they just started the job this fall. But the question is, will they stick around long enough to gain familiarity with students and their buildings? While most Harvard guards had been on the force for 10 years or more, only three...
...forward and truly say something means facing the fallout of critics, but only an immature or rapidly diminishing political system can be content with slogans in the place of ideas. Debates can only bring us closer to a campaign that tackles tough concerns, and candidates offered a debate should prove their seriousness by accepting as soon as their campaign manager clears the space...
...Adams does prove victorious, their imperialist ambitions may not end there...
...expendability. Since the election of Beth A. Stewart '00, the era of student-centered reforms has narrowed the purpose of the council, clearing the fog of high-faluting progressive rhetoric only to illuminate the ornery fact that the council fails at some of its most basic tasks. Stewart may prove to be the council's Gorbachev...