Word: stereos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...history of the USSR notebook. Stevens' Harvard I.D., his debit card and all his cash--about $20--were taken from his wallet. Why didn't the robber also take Gibson's calculator? Gibson theorizes that the burglar didn't take his calculator, or the three laptops, or Stevens's stereo or television, all in the common room, because the robber "didn't want to hassle with [selling] or anything. He just wanted totally liquid stuff...
...experience as a proctor, DeGreeff says he sees plenty of first-years spending freely on chic wardrobes or stereo equipment, but in general, what brings students financial trouble are one-time major expenses like airfare for an emergency trip home, uninsured medical expenses, spring break trips, or travel for interviews...
...stereo played music from the Harvard Glee Club, the group--which included Bunting Fellowship Program Director Rita Nakashima Brock--raised glasses of champagne at the precise moment of transition. Metzger rang an antique schoolhouse bell that belonged to his grandfather...
Interesting enough for him to kick off his own O(for optical)SETI effort. Needing just three months and $20,000, his team built a stereo-size detector designed to look over the shoulder of Harvard's 61-in. telescope as it conducts regular studies of starlight. While stars typically pulsate comparatively slowly, Horowitz's device is calibrated to spot intense stellar flare-ups lasting only a few billionths of a second. Such "events," he figures, would probably be powerful bursts of artificial light aimed at us from an inhabited planet orbiting that star. In short, an interstellar hello...
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