Word: seconds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...power behind the United States' economic strength, but Fallows' many anecdotes are compelling. For instance, his account of the Nguyens, a Vietnamese family of refugees who worked many long hours to improve their economic standing, sounds very familiar. It's reminiscent of the stories told to any second or third-generation Americans by their immigrant parents or grandparents. The moral: Hard work and the opportunity to make a new start are what makes America great...
Hanging on to your heritage is just one way of realizing who you are: romantic relationships are another. The second week of first year I met this guy in the laundry room. He was perfectly nice, (he was even from the Midwest--not Eastern at all) and we talked about the QRR test for awhile. Eventually my darks were dry and I collected my basket, jug of Tide and bid him goodbye...
...this is not to say that the second you decide you are not romantically inclined toward someone you should just blurt it out. Each person has his or her own timing and reason. But, instead of riding on an emotional roller coaster of guilt and romantic disinterest, it is better to be true to one's sentiments...
...those morning people, try the Harvard and Radcliffe crew teams, which last year both finished first at the Eastern Sprints and second at the Henley Regatta in England. Although crew is a spring sport, the biggest crew event comes in the fall, when zillions of drunk and obnoxious prep school kids invade Cambridge for the Head of the Charles Regatta. No one actually watches the race, just sit on the shore and people-watch...
...second, to stick with the toilet bowl theme, was the evil Mower toilet paper man from hell...