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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...going gray a lot faster than I would have had I been childless, especially now that I have a teenager. But it's a cosmic gift that, in letting us grow up with them, they keep us young, so that sometime maybe we pass each other, the student becoming the teacher, the parent the child, and we will sit back and marvel at who they've become, knowing they are now smarter and stronger than we are. We'll savor their company and feel safe in their hands. Care to put a price on that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raising a Child Costs Some $221,000, Before College | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

...husband is not Secretary of State. I am.' HILLARY CLINTON, responding to a question from a Congolese university student during her tour of Africa; according to reports, the student had meant to inquire about President Barack Obama's position on an issue but instead mistakenly referred to former President Bill Clinton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

Comping: 1. Harvard-speak for the sometimes-competitive training process for joining a student group. 2. Still the only way to get on the staff of The Crimson, the Advocate, or the Lampoon...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dictionary of Harvardisms | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

Dormcest: 1. Act of hooking up with a student living in close proximity, usually in the same dorm or entryway (see Hookup). 2. The source of most Sunday brunch gossip...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dictionary of Harvardisms | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

...Harvard Student Agencies (HSA): 1. A student-run organization that offers laundry, microfridges (see Microfridge) and other, mostly useless, student services. 2. Monopoly...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dictionary of Harvardisms | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

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