Word: quests
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...uncooperative and malfunctioning adolescents. Dauber argues, "Sure, if adolescents are really awful, then maybe, just maybe, Hicks' beloved boarding schools have some reason for sticking around." But Dauber seems to believe that Hicks represents some common view of boarding schools' purpose. Make no mistake: Hicks is alone in his quest for a reactionary schools; it should be noted that after four years of battling students, faculty and the trustees, Mr. Hicks realized he could not bring St. Paul's back to the 1950s...
...broken up and eagerly anticipated a new album. Their last album, Sons of Soul, which posted platinum sales and recieved critical acclaim, was released back in 1993. The band members had been devoting much of their time to producing and writing for other artists, including A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, Total and Tevin Campbell. Raphael Saadiq says that fans' expectations helped motivate the group to go back into the studio, and fans will not be disappointed with the band's latest effort...
...mean, I go to Harvard! Alas, it is not so. The war we all won four years ago is being fought again. Oh sure, the battles have different names: GREs, LSATs and MCATs instead of SATs, and GPAs out of 15 instead of four. But the essays, the quest for originality and the unhesitating climate of self-aggrandizement is all the same. My roommates fight the good fight in business suits, interviewing day and night, or in jet planes, flying from one medical school to the next. I sit quietly with my computer, convincing my fingers to type great things...
...floor. After exiting, I looked around for five minutes until I found the aisle containing BL.72.P38.1993X.UB40, the site of Pavlenkov's stirring tell-all on Buddha and his religion. Lying in the aisles were the bodies of Richard I and other crusaders who had given their lives in the quest for a book from Widener. I found the spot where the book should have been, but it was not there. Someone, or something, was plotting to stop me from finding this book. It was probably the Communists. I attempted to call Robert Stack of "Unsolved Mysteries," but his secretary refused...
Twelve minutes remained when I reached Lamont. I thought victory was assured, but I had not yet encountered the greatest foe to any time-dependent operation: bureaucracy. In Harvard's never-ending quest for dlversity, the administration sought lazy bureaucrats to counteract the enthusiasm of the student body. Their indifference towards eager library patrons is an art form. I waited for three minutes to receive help because they could not cut short their mediation and deep relaxation exercises which those who do not know better would be tempted to describe as sleep...