Word: riches
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shirt printed by the owners a few years ago jokingly advertised, "Mingle with the suave, the rich and the beautiful at the Tasty...so good they built Harvard around us." Maybe the reason many of us liked the place so much (or at least liked to know it was there), was that the Tasty, with its friendly atmosphere and staff, was the opposite of what Harvard can sometimes seem--cold and imposing. It was that rare neighborhood establishment in a town where Harvard, for all intents and purposes, is the neighborhood...
...diverse" group of a prom queen, geek, jock, basket case and criminal in The Breakfast Club learned the warm, fuzzy lesson that they can all be friends despite their social differences. And of course there is the ultimate in teen popularity movies, the brilliant Clueless, which mercilessly satirized ultra-rich Valley Girls and the high school scene in one fell swoop...
...such as why economics affects law and is a good foundation for law school are topics that they will entertain, some eagerly. Many professors are interested in the academic and professional development of students. They are interested in advising students in course selection as it relates to building a rich undergraduate career. But the mundane details of course selection--those related to administration of the concentration--are far less important to them. These procedural technicalities are left to the advising staff...
Many of us at Harvard love Cambridge precisely because of its rich urban experience. Just as we wouldn't want our beloved Square to be replaced by a row of chain stores owned by the Gap, we would all suffer if Cambridge's inhabitants all became members of the corporate elite...
Speaking of useless rhetoric, is anyone going to stop pundits from declaring what The American People want? First, there is no "The American People." There are whites and blacks, Northerners and Southerners, Protestants and Catholics, rich and poor. It's problematic enough to try to say what these groups want, but it is idiotic to claim to speak for The American People united. More important, such talk leaves out the question of what different people with different values should want...