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...much bureaucracy to wade through; there was quorum this and I hereby second the third motion to consider the fifty-fifth motion of sub-section 47b. And also there were all sorts of enforced meetings at times when nobody really wanted to have meetings for the sake of having a meeting and having an itinerary and free pizza. It was so stupid. The organization should be streamlined in every program...
...meet people in the library! Feel no shame! Should Dr. K assume that you're sneaking into the boy's room to take down the digits? Perhaps you're collecting girl numbers-either way Dr. Kay says: Take all you want but never leave your own. But for the sake of Harvard property, encourage your graffiti personals community to scribble the naughty notes on toilet tissue or the hygienic seat paper. Happy hunting...
...retrospect, it's certainly not offensive stuff, and incredibly easy to listen to. That said, there are some tracks that just don't quite work. The faint tribal chanting on "Congo" seems experimental for experiment's sake, and the guitars on "Throwing It All Away" are pretty, but the sentiment is a little overwrought, as are the lyrics overly-melodramatic to the point of banality on "Follow You, Follow Me." It seems as though the producers, probably under the urging of the current band members, were stretching to select tracks to fill a pre-determined quota. It might have been...
...These are indeed beautiful descriptions of these activities--with terms like "radiant ignition" and "floral supposition," one might be tempted to accept Scarry's logic for the sake of its prettiness. Images of beauty dominate the book, from simple flowers to the grace of Achilles' movements to the gossamer-like qualities of Emma Bovary's apron strings and wisps of hair blowing in the wind. Even violence in literature can be pretty, if the author uses imaginative devices well...
...actually eliminated several small charges over the past five years by folding them into the general costs of going to college here. It seems petty and annoying to see this one charge still broken out; the person paying it (typically a parent) might reasonably say, "For heavens' sake, just tell me what it costs to go to Harvard and stop the nickling and diming...