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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...individual level, I've found excellent people at Harvard--students, professors and administrators alike. At the same time, I spent an awful lot of my first year trying to figure out why many people here were, quite simply, not very nice to each other and why this did not seem to be one of the College's priorities. Harvard has challenged me to do things I never thought I could do (or never thought I would want to do) and more often than not, I've been happy with the results. At the same time, I've felt the pressure...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Zuckerman, | Title: A High School Lesson for Harvard | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

Only later, after many a restaurant meal, did the thrill wear off. Oh, the spices, the scents, the bite of mustard seeds and chutney were still pleasant, but why, especially in Boston Indian restaurants, did the dishes all seem to taste the same? Why so much creamy tomato gravy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bombay Club | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

...social life, discussion in the makeshift community of the shuttle bus about fragmentation, questions about advising raised by student suicides or the disenchanted scholar who once sat next to me and wrote, "section is like a bad first date" in his notebook in lieu of notes. Things can seem dire and dismal amidst the ugly gray of slush and snow or the guilt produced by unopened books during Christmas vacation, and sometimes we forget why we came here in the first place...

Author: By Abby Y. Fung, | Title: Expecting the Best From the Best | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

...talking about some watery bean curd from the 1960s either. Soy chefs have figured out all sorts of ways to shape, process and blend soy protein so that it isn't just good for you but tastes good too (though they still don't seem to have "chicken" right). The tricky part, medically speaking, is figuring out what soy foods can and cannot do to protect your health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Joy Of Soy | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

...stickers" are attached to the chest. It can be a good idea to play operating room at home as well. (You can get doctor's kits from most toy retailers.) But don't force this or any other information on your child if he or she doesn't seem receptive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kids and Surgery | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

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