Word: scenario
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Scenario 1: A soft-hearted freshman has been caught smuggling a destitute mother and her four starving children into the Union, in order that these deadbeats might feast on the fat of Harvard's land. What will be the fate of this naughty freshman...
...Scenario 2: Four sophomores have caused obscene messages like "Every donut needs a hole" and "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" to appear in every computer account, causing some high-strung teaching fellows to burst into tears every time they see a For-Next loop. What is the appropriate sentence for these malefactors...
...Scenario 3: After Harvard denies tenure to a group of junior professors on grounds of "competent and compassionate teaching," a highly organized group of anarcho-humanists occupies the Faculty Club. The protesters only leave after disrupting an academic dinner in honor of Kathleen Turner, and they refuse to appear before any disciplinary body. How should these students be disciplined without violating due process...
...Scenario 4: An English major has handed in a creative writing thesis entitled "Madonna Quixote." Half-way through the thesis, a sharp-eyed grad student realized that he was reading Cervantes "Don Quixote" with the genders reversed. What is the appropriate punishment for this plagiarist...
...present. In recent years, Louisiana and Colorado have adopted laws broadening the right of homeowners to use deadly force against intruders. That approach too can have unforeseen consequences. The Colorado statute, dubbed the "make my day" law, has produced some cases that greatly stretch the home-under-siege scenario. In one instance, a suspected drug dealer shot an acquaintance who was after his stash, according to authorities, and in two others, jealous lovers killed rivals. "What it boils down to is that any crime committed in a dwelling will be almost impossible to prosecute," complains Jack Byron, an assistant district...