Word: reasonably
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard we define ourselves by our communities more than anything else. We cling to the friends, structure and intimacy provided by smaller niches, islands of calm in the sea of Harvard life. For some reason, in the last month of each term, we sever these ties, dropping everything to revert back to primal, egoistic selves...
There's a reason that people, having waited 16 years, are now flocking to the theaters in droves, despite critics' warnings and often for multiple showings. There's a reason people waited in line for days and skipped work on opening day. "Star Wars," unlike many things in our thoroughly secularized, rationalized, over-analyzed world, firmly believes in and openly defends the idea of something greater, something beyond ourselves. Just a movie...
...local star Marvin Kornberg, never even presented a defense, and the disgraced cop is pleading guilty to all charges. He faces 25 years to life -- and will probably get more rather than less. "Besides the sheer awfulness of what he did, Volpe really didn't give the government any reason for leniency," says TIME legal correspondent Adam Cohen. "Generally, giving up when your defense has fallen apart doesn't get you much in the way of mercy...
...more likely to be an innocent coincidence. In this study, for example, the investigators didn't take into account whether the parents were nearsighted. That could explain a lot right there, since at least some aspects of myopia are inherited. Or perhaps nearsighted parents, are, for whatever reason, more likely to leave the lights on at night...
With each side convinced that the other is about to crack, resolution of the Balkan conflict remains focused on diplomatic efforts. Last week, the public airing of differences among NATO members over ground troops and ending the bombing gave Milosevic reason to hold out for more concessions from the alliance. And some appear to be coming -- over the weekend, Madeleine Albright conceded that Belgrade should be allowed to keep some troops in Kosovo after a settlement. But reports of a growing protest movement inside Yugoslavia against the war have also given NATO renewed cause to believe its air campaign will...