Word: restfulness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard, with the luck to be located in Massachusetts, one might think the Smokeout is a day to rest on our laurels. Harvard buildings are already smoke-free, and on Tuesday the Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced that Massachusetts has 150,000 fewer smokers than it did six years ago. Even the rate of teens who are starting to smoke is down slightly. These results, as well as extensive lobbying pressure, have convinced Governor A. Paul Celucci that the tobacco settlement in the budget should be allocated as planned, including $6.7 million to smoking-cessation programs...
...When Vicky celebrates with friends, she stays sober. "My sister, my girlfriend, and I went out," she remembered. "We were of age to drink, but we just watched our other friends drink. Some girls got so drunk, they had to sit in the corner. The rest of us had Coke. Or you know what I drink?"--Vicky flashed her trademark grin--"I drink pina colalda, but without the alcohol," she said. "And I watch them sit in the corner and I dance and dance and dance." Now she stays at home with Katerina. "We're going to be home this...
...Rest assured, we'll be back by early Sunday, clawing away at the first of the final three issues of our guard. Until then, we're plenty busy thinking of future and picking up our underwear...
...emphasizing the competition between themselves while preventing the teams from competing with schools like Michigan, Notre Dame and other emerging national football powers. In 1954, the Ivy League was formed, and its regulations, including those regarding the prohibition of athletic scholarships, were made fully operational in 1956. While the rest of the country was heading in a direction that some might refer to as the professionalization of college sports, Harvard and its league compatriots were taking a stand that emphasized superior academics first and athletics second...
...stadium capacities or small attendance numbers. While schools like Harvard and Yale both had stadiums capable of holding over tens of thousands of spectators, attendance at their games was low enough to merit a I-AA classification. Yes, thousands will show up for The Game on Saturday, but the rest of the season, attendances have been dismal--for Harvard, an average hovering around...