Word: reasoner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tell, the only reason that Rudenstine has remained silent is that he can make no argument against a living wage that would not be publicly embarassing for the president of the world's richest university. By liberal estimates, implementing a living wage at Harvard would cost the University $10 million annually. This amounts to three-fifths of 1 percent of Harvard's annual budget, and exactly equals the compensation paid the University's top fund manager in 1998. It is impossible for Rudenstine to argue that Harvard cannot afford a living wage. Had he come to our rally...
...agree, however, that fair compensation should include both wages and benefits; for this reason, we support the implementation of a living wage of $10 per hour with the option of benefits...
Linux, you'll recall, is "open source" software, designed, updated and debugged by an army of volunteers. Although its advocates insist that it crashes far less often than Windows, and it is undeniably cheaper, the judge says Linux can't beat Windows for the simple reason that there aren't enough programs written...
...this complex issue very well. There have been hundreds of diets in the past, and there are bound to be hundreds more in the future, each promising the reward of thinness and health as long as one stays on "the diet" forever, an almost certain impossibility. For this reason diet truly is a four-letter word. There is not one sole miracle cure, book or meal plan for proper nutrition and health; there are hundreds of solutions depending on the health goals one is trying to achieve. Consumers should consider consulting a registered dietitian for help in customizing their nutrition...
...like to blame the hostage-like environment for my behavior on the show, but I don't think that was it. You see, for some reason, I seemed to like pressing the buzzer very much. What I didn't enjoy was waiting for the host to finish asking the question. For the first question of the show, the host asked, "Steve Martin played a wild and crazy..." I buzzed in with "somewhere near Romania." This premature gesticulation caused me not only to sit in a corner and wear a dunce cap for the first three episodes but to do things...