Word: rente
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...left much to be desired. While former Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 claimed that the dormitory lacked a critical mass of students, Mass. Hall was usually home to a notoriously tight-knit dorm community. And even now that the College will have to rent the residential space that it once owned from the University, the benefits of welcoming freshmen back into Mass. Hall will far outweigh any bureaucratic inconvenience. Mass. Hall’s function as a dormitory achieves that for which Harvard constantly strives: a delicate balance between incorporating the College?...
Because the freshman residence no longer belongs to FAS, the College will have to rent the residential space it once owned from the University...
Date My House--and HGTV's Sleep On It, which has essentially the same premise--points up the shift in power between buyers and sellers. During the housing boom, it was the buyers who were afraid they might have to date (i.e., rent) forever. Your house was a coy Victorian maiden with eager suitors queuing up in the parlor. Now it's Lily Bart in The House of Mirth, facing squalor and destitution should it fail to find a suitable match. It's a contestant on The Bachelor, competing with a crowd of others and pining for a private date...
...buyers about overpaying in a falling market: "Buying a house is the biggest financial risk you will ever take." (Of course, this being HGTV--whose viewers are mostly homeowners and whose advertisers cater to them--you don't see anyone deciding to simply sit out the market and rent...
...already done things most women of her generation had not: she had married an African, had their baby and gotten divorced. At this juncture, her life could have become narrower-a young, marginalized woman focused on paying the rent and raising a child on her own. She could have filled her son's head with well-founded resentment for his absent father. But that is not what happened...