Word: stores
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...part of a community that will continue to exist even when it no longer resides on the campus that brought it together. Our common experiences are the substance of what we take away from Harvard, stripped of its institutional trappings. Graduating only means we'll no longer trek to Store 24 for a late night Slim Jim, lament Harvard Dining Services' endless variations on unflavored chicken entrees or attend 500-student lectures (something many of us stopped doing years ago anyway). But it shouldn't mean that the people who have been part of our lives won't stay that...
...four-year gestation period, from the first ice-cream social to the last House formal (Leverett's was held at the toy store FAO Schwartz), filled with myriad tea parties in between, each and every Harvard student can e-mail his or her own personal obsessions (limited to 10) to a computer dating service promising everyone the opportunity to get some, some ultimate sustenance at the end of term. (Personally, I have always been an adherent to the Tina Brown model of cocktail party socialization, flitting from group to group with a cheerful wave and a smile-then, "I think...
...there is a happy medium here. You can use the more level playing field to great advantage. You see a product you like, a store you enjoy, a way-cool website--now you can do more work on it in your spare time than ever before. You can get e-mail alerts about it. You can chat about it with others. You can get comfortable with the fundamentals as never before. And if it goes down, you can buy more rather than kick it out in a panic. If your tax situation permits, you can take a quick gain without...
...from food. It should taste good and be reasonably good for me. But more and more these days we're encouraged to view the grocery store as a medicine chest. There are tofu and yams for hot flashes. Ginseng tea for energy. Stewed tomatoes to prevent prostate cancer. So when I heard about Benecol and Take Control, the new margarines that are supposed to lower cholesterol levels in the blood, I didn't exactly smack my lips in anticipation. Still, I figured, given how much heart disease there is in the U.S., they deserved a look...
...this city. Please don't judge Sin City unless you have stepped outside the entertainment strip. There are hundreds of well-attended churches. Where else can you go shopping at at 2 a.m. to replace the microwave that just quit on you? Or buy milk at a regular grocery store at 3 a.m. and not get ripped off by a convenience store? We are just a normal city with an unusual source of income. CAROLYN GARRISON Las Vegas...