Word: staying
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...consulate offices are flooded with young tourists who hopped aboard cheap flights with the expectation of living in Europe on, say, $10 a day. Ten dollars an hour is more like it, and they find themselves stranded. Philadelphians Eugene and Bonnie Baker planned to bicycle around England and stay in cozy old inns. They ended up boarding in spartan lodgings, where people were reluctant to change American Express traveler's checks for fear the value of the dollar would drop before the checks could be converted into pounds. "It's a shock to find the dollar downgraded," says Mrs. Baker...
...determined dictator, 52, has vowed time and again to stay on until his current six-year term expires in 1981. At a press conference following the Sandinista assault, Somoza, under obvious strain, insisted that he did not intend to change his mind. He said he had capitulated "to save human lives," and warned that "ideologies other than traditional ones" threatened to divide his country "into democratic and Communist peoples." But concern is growing that his failure to step down will provoke more strife. At week's end his political opponents launched a nationwide general strike that they hoped would continue...
...moment's notice. Don;t eventalk to obvious assholes, they're not worth the effort. Refuse to reveal the essential details beyond name and rank, that is, don't tell anyone where you're from, what your SAT scores were, or what you think you'll major in. Stay in your room a lot. One warning, though: if you really go for this technique, it will color the rest of your Harvard career. If you start off paranoid, shy, or easily offended by your classmates, you might stay that way. In a few years everyone else will...
...spend the rest of your time partying with a carefully selected group of equally cool people. Be polite, and willing to joke around, but don't hesitate to avoid obviously dull people and crowded parties with a lot of insecure types. Don't let anything bother you. If you stay cool, you can actually bother you. If you stay cool, you can actually enjoy the week, because you won't be frazzled or unnerved to fast. Pace yourself. You've got all week, and then four years -- eternity, practically, stretching out ahead of you. Keep the week in perspective...
...fact, most people do, because the nervous-energy level that occurs when a lot of people jontly try to acclimate themselves to a new and very high powered situation can be tought to take. One way or anther, kids, you'll come away with memories that will stay with you as long as you last at Harvard, and perhaps beyond. Most students have at least one great story to tell about Freshman Week, so keep a sense of humor and keep your eyes open...