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...ever tried to purge from your memory such insistent phrases as ?Ring around the collar,? ?Schaefer is the one beer to have when you're having more than one,? ?How do you handle a hungry man??, ?Delta is ready when you are,? ?Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch? and ?Quaker Oatmeal - it?s the right thing to do? ... well, now you know who?s to blame...
This is why students in some Houses have been chafing over the recent switch in toilet paper. In Dunster House, students who had grown accustomed to the soft touch of Kleenex Cottonelle—truly the ivory tower of TP—have been disappointed by the recent loss of this brand. In its place is Scott Surpass (also made by Kimberly-Clark), but the touch resembles that of a porcupine and puts an end to all profound thought...
Friendliness is the only common trait among dancers. People of all ages, sizes and backgrounds mingle as they switch partners during each dance. “In contra you really dance with everybody else in the room,” says Newman. Participants range from MIT grad students to retired schoolteachers. This eclectic bunch are self-described “nurses and nerds,” with a healthy dose of Harvard alums mixed...
...better solution is to have fall exams before Thanksgiving. Designing its calendar, Harvard must defer to the greatest thinkers of the West: It should switch to a trimester system like the one currently in place for undergraduates at Stanford University. Trimesters would let students take nine courses in a year for the price of eight—three each term, with condensed courses providing a more concentrated academic experience without the frivolous projects. Competition from peer institutions and a shorter school year overall would hollow any excuses for a tuition hike. Although Stanford schedules its fall exams just before winter...
...earnings. We got to plow it back into the business.'" Meelia, who has led the health-care group since 1995, expected resistance, because he knew the company was strapped for cash. "He said, 'Go ahead,'" Meelia recalls. "To us, that was the defining moment of this attitudinal switch--from 'How's the quarter looking?' to 'How are you going to continue to grow this business?'" Meelia used the money for marketing new products; last year health care generated 23% of Tyco's revenue and nearly 60% of its $3.5 billion operating income. This year health-care revenue is expected...