Word: successful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...late, the Crimson has made marked improvement with its power play. Harvard notched a 45 percent success rate on the power play last weekend, which is not reflected in its 16.9 percent season average, only eighth in the ECAC...
...other groups say they still benefited from the alliance. Even members of the Living Wage Campaign, who walked away from the protest empty-handed, said they were pleased with the other groups' success...
...other groups say they still benefited fromthe alliance. Even members of the Living WageCampaign, who walked away from the protestempty-handed, said they were pleased with theother groups' success...
Living in the Yard was not the only punishment for poverty and social shortcomings. Subsequent presidents maintained an unofficial roster of the elite students and lists were used in many of the University clubs--especially the exclusive final clubs: the dictators of social success at Harvard. The Institute of 1770, which joined with the Hasty Pudding Club in 1926, began the social filtering at the beginning of sophomore year. The Institute chose the college's 100 most socially promising students and then ranked them in groups of 10, from the ultraprivileged to the "barely-elite." Local newspapers would publish...
While the House system became the so-called forum for socialization, Harvard students still felt that their social standing and careers depended on admission and success in a final club. Not every young gent made the cut--many were left outside in the cold, staring through the windows of the Pudding, watching the swirling gowns and flowing champagne--the legacy of the Gold Coast...