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...other generation born in this century, theirs is less cohesive, its experiences wider, its ethnicity more polyglot and its culture more splintery," write historians William Strauss and Neil Howe in their new book, The Fourth Turning, a study of generational change. "Today's young adults define themselves by sheer divergence...
...people work in a lab just for their resume," says Terri Halperin '97, a friend of Gupta. "She was doing her lab work for the sheer purpose of learning...
...other words, I like to think that I know a thing or two about Harvard hockey, through sheer immersion and osmosis if nothing else.] So, in a column I published on Nov. 19, after a 6-2 loss at Princeton, I felt more than justified in evaluating the Crimson's performance as rather less than stellar...
...sheer dedication alone does not win championships. They are also good athletes. For instance, Weitzel made Sue-Ling famous by bestowing the nickname "Death" on him. The idea is that when he shows up, it's Death for the other team...
...cream bash, I was slowly learning to navigate the campus. Bit by bit, I tackled distances somewhat longer than the walk between my room in Greenough and the Union. Long after I traded in my crutches for winter boots, however, my initial feeling of being overwhelmed by the sheer size of my new surroundings and by all of the possibilities the campus had to offer remained with...