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...waste his or her time having a lengthy intellectual debate unless it was for a debate team or a class; that no one would go on a day trip or organize a dinner with friends unless it was as a retreat for some organization; that no one would, say, spend four years together in a library unless it came with a diploma. I would extend this definition of institution into the more informal realm of culture, for example, to Alcohol: the institution of drinking on weekend nights is so standard for us that even if we nominally regret not having...
...never really about tying together the splitting shards of our blocking group either. We were doing fine; we were just a bit too busy during the week. And if it takes these sort of minor “institutions” to get people living busy lives to spend more time together, is this really that bad? Actually, it’s a bit exciting. What’s next for us? Weekly late-night pajama chats with Häagen Dasz? Cranium night? Hallway football (foam, for comfort)? —Alexander J. Ratner...
...time federal agencies had given additional research funding a green light, Harvard administrators and researchers had less than two years to submit grant proposals and spend stimulus money...
...made me reevaluate, made me think,” Brady says. “My freshman year was a little bit crazy, [and I thought], if I’m going to spend the next three years of my life here, what do I really want to be doing? At the end of the day, it came down to the fact that I really wanted to be involved in the track program...
...gotten an ALS diagnosis. "He began to try some pretty exotic therapies that were not covered by insurance, and his wife became increasingly concerned about the cost," he says. She filed for divorce and for a court order that restricted his access to their assets. "He didn't spend his last days well," says Cordell...