Word: reasonableness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thus suggest another system. First of all, we all seem to agree that any undergraduate with ID could reasonably be let into any dorm. Second of all, the reason that students let people in without checking ID is because it is a pain in the butt...
...years, students have been complaining that for one reason or another, Harvard's police-run escort service has refused them transportation. People have been told they can't use the service because they live too far away or because they use the service too often. Sometimes there haven't been enough cars; sometimes there haven't been enough drivers. Others have been told that if they want a ride, they have to wait outside--alone--until a car arrives...
Yale's Bryan Martin (0.77) ranks second overall and first among goalies who have played every game. Martin is a major reason for the Bulldogs' surge to the pinnacle of the Ivies...
...decision to place yet another creature on the endangered-species list often goes unnoticed. But last week champagne flowed in Lausanne, Switzerland, and sighs of relief echoed around the world. Reason: delegates to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) voted to place the elephant, earth's largest land mammal, on the roll of animals that stand worrisomely close to the brink of extinction. That decision, supported by 76 nations and a legion of conservation and environmental groups, triggered a worldwide ban on the ivory trade. The hope is that it will bring an end to a decade...
Still, as last week's quake in San Francisco demonstrated only too well, it does not take a Big One to deal a lethal blow. For this reason, some geologists think that the Big One has been overemphasized as a near-term threat. There are faults up and down the California coast capable of equaling the latest quake, and that is enough reason to worry. Likely candidates for significant quakes in Northern California include not only Berkeley and Oakland but also the Silicon Valley. The Los Angeles Basin, for its part, has experienced an increase in small earthquakes, which many...