Word: sells
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Granted, much of our behavior this weekend will be well-intentioned. Our parents have traveled great distances to be here, and naturally, we want to show them a good time. But this isn't the only occasion on which this campus shifts into hard-sell mode, nor will this weekend bear witness to the grossest distortions. The worst outbreak of irrational exuberance occurs annually on Pre-Frosh Weekend, when we all collectively conspire to convince unsuspecting high schoolers that the Yard is a warm, festive place. There is just something about the presence of outsiders that inspires even Harvard...
...vote of eight to seven, a bill that would allow Mass. liquor stores to sell alcohol on Sundays squeaked through the joint Government Regulations Committee earlier this week, clearing the way for its consideration by the full House of Representatives in the near future...
...Scali said the shrinking number of stores licensed to sell alcohol in the city and the relative lack of large local competitors mean that proportionally fewer Cambridge stores may have interest in staying open for the extra day--traditionally considered one of the slowest sales days of the week...
...firms. This would allow Microsoft's rivals to develop their own versions of the world's dominant computer operating system. The government could auction off the license to the highest bidders, or Judge Jackson could find Microsoft guilty of "copyright abuse"--giving just about anyone access to adapt and sell Windows...
...else's culture with no relation to that culture at all." Boyle was also drawn to Garland's narrator, whom he saw as "deeply flawed, difficult, disillusioned, impressionable, weak and a bit crazy. It's the kind of character I love, but also the kind that's difficult to sell to a mainstream audience." Boyle grins a bit, then lets loose a high-pitched giggle. "So, Leo's got the responsibility to sell...