Word: severance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Maybe Sever clocks are kept out of synch to prevent jamming at Thayer gate...
...example, are all the clocks on the second floor of Sever at least three minutes fast, so when you're just ready to stuff your notebook in your backpack and run off to lunch, you realize you still have to hear the professor's startling conclusions? On the other hand, that's better than sitting on the first floor, where the clocks are three minutes slow, so you end up at the back of the lunch line...
While the first preseason event, the anniversary show of improvisational group On Thin Ice, was selected not for its novelty but to celebrate the group's start in the Ex one year ago, the second event was a "first" in several ways. Not only did the two evenings of original student films mark the first time that student films had been shown in the space, but it also allowed the Harvard Radcliffe filmmaking classes. However, technical difficulties forced the films to be moved to Sever Hall for one night...
...Things went well," said Riopelle. "I felt comfortable with it. I enjoy the responsibility that comes with being a sever...
Patterson's switch from legislator to lobbyist is an increasingly attractive choice for Congressmen who have lost or given up their seats. Reluctant to sever family and social ties in Washington, lured by bigger money than they could earn back home, they cash in on their Government experience and contacts by becoming advocates for industries, unions, trade groups and special interests of all stripes. Robert McGlotten, president of the American League of Lobbyists, estimates that as many as 200 retired Congressmen represent clients around the Capitol. "The Hill is crawling with them," says Nancy Drabble, director of the consumers' lobby...