Word: switch
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Your perma-smile and antelope-like pack movements are singling you out as a freshman. Winter padding is a signature of upperclassman life. But by March, switch from snacks to vodka...
...Harvard College students, faculty, and staff attended the first-ever Harvard State Fair, according to College Campus Life Fellow, or “fun czar,” Justin H. Haan ’05. The event was made financially possible because of savings on staffing requirements after the switch to online registration this year...
Although it is unclear why we break down into concentrations according to physical appearance, be warned: even if some imaginative course shopping has convinced you that you are in the wrong department, no concentration switch is a cure for frumpiness. As I ultimately realize every semester, even this shopping week will conclude with the wisdom that we are who we are, and that my past decisions, though perhaps unglamorous, were judicious. In a few weeks, I know the pile of useless syllabi in the corner of our desks will be the only reminder of the lives we might have...
...would dispose of all its weapons. Unionists claim the violence broke out because concessions to the I.R.A. had shown that violence pays. "I know there's this thing that violence has been rewarded," Peter Hain, Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary, told Time. "Actually, what has been rewarded is a switch from violence into democratic politics." The unrest may have delayed the renewal of peace talks and given republicans cover to step up intimidation against the family of Robert McCartney, whose murder by I.R.A. members helped push the group into the July announcement. But the worst damage may have been done...
...certain extent, this phenomenon of enhanced performance under pressure is inherent to human nature. Physiologically, the body has evolved to switch on a reserved crisis mode, or “fight-or-flight” response, in times of stress. Culturally, it is common to hear of latent potential being uncovered in the wake of challenge and adversity, capabilities not even close to being fully realized until they are tested. In ordinary contexts—taking a difficult exam, for instance, or running in a competitive race—self-discovery is a positive thing. In the context of government...