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Oddly enough, its counterpart--known affectionately as "Fall back"-- doesn't seem so off-kilter. Why second-guess the power of the government to create an hour out of thin air with the flick of a switch? That's an extra sixty minutes of sleep, partying and flexing those procrastination muscles on a paper which is still due at noon--although suddenly it's only one o'clock in the morning...

Author: By Alixandra E. Smith, | Title: Turning Back the Clock | 4/3/2000 | See Source »

...light of the times in which they were written. When Reform congregations allowed the ordination of female clergy, they incurred the wrath of their more conservative co-religionists, and though they drew some members away from the other movements, they also induced congregants opposed to women rabbis to switch to more mainstream synagogues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oy Vey — Who Will Break the Glass? | 3/30/2000 | See Source »

...work said to define our academic careers--a project requiring original research, lots and lots of text, and more blood, sweat and tears than you can shake a stick at. Some of us (social studies, take a bow) had no way out of this requirement (though an eleventh-hour switch to government might have done the trick), and others of us were just plain crazy enough to volunteer for hazardous duty...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: Masochism Rewarded | 3/23/2000 | See Source »

...ticket for Saturday morning, but that's when the strike is, so I tried to switch to a flight earlier in the week," said Taylor R. Terry '03, who needs to get home to Fort Meyers, Fla. "All the flights were totally booked for any time this week...

Author: By Christine M. Lin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Possible Airways Strike Affects Spring Breakers | 3/22/2000 | See Source »

Last year, a Crimson poll showed that two-thirds of the students supported the HSAS's efforts, and just a few weeks ago, the Undergraduate Council passed a resolution recommending the administration switch from the FLA to the WRC by a huge majority. Clearly, as has been suggested in the past, the HSAS does not represent just a small fraction of students. The students deserve to be not only heard, but to have a vote when it comes to making sweatshop policy decisions. More to the point, Harvard should switch from...

Author: By Alexander H. Gourevitch, | Title: The Logical Choice | 3/20/2000 | See Source »

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