Word: tediousness
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...piece, needless to say. True, these may be the final words that I write at Harvard (give or take an exam booklet), but I refuse to succumb to sentiment. There will be no leisurely strolls down memory lane, no wistful reminiscing about Our Vanished Youth, and certainly no tedious shout-outs to roommates, friends and sundry others. This will doubtless come as disappointing surprise to the merry band in Quincy 616 and 613 (sorry, Alex and Tuttle and Praveen and Brian and Andy and Josh and Allen) and perhaps to others of significance (forgive me, Abby). But standards must...
...pile up we decide C- (Harvard being Harvard, we do not give D’s. Consider C- a failure). Why? Not because they are a sign the student does not know the material, or hasn’t thought creatively, or any of that folly. They simply make tedious reading. “Locke is a transitional figure.” “The whole thing boils down to human rights.” Now I ask you, I have 92 bluebooks to read this week, and all I ask, really, is that you keep me awake...
Ozawa came to the BSO in 1973, and in his first three seasons was also music director of the San Francisco Symphony. His tenure has not been without controversy. There was the occasional grumbling about working for a “jet-set” conductor with tedious rehearsal habits. Certain critics found his Baroque and Classical repertoire interpretations unsatisfying and uninformed, though anyone who heard him conduct a marvelous Bach Mass in B Minor last season can certainly refute that claim. However, his innumerable contributions are often overlooked. Audiences and musicians alike have responded to his passionate podium presence...
...Committee. The committee meets to review applications three times each year and each time rejects a substantial number of students. Rejected applicants often fail to distinguish a unique program of study or to convince the committee they are not just trying to devise a plan that excuses them from tedious introductory coursework in another field. According to Foster, there is no cap to the number of students who will get approval for a special concentration—the most crucial component behind the decision is the presence of a “truly original idea” in the proposal...
Although the intricacies of the stolen-genetic-material plot can be more tedious than frightening, the book’s premise is not completely divorced from reality. According to Arnone, colleges have long been a major resource for fertility clinics and that his sperm bank solicits donations from many area schools, including Boston University, Northeastern and Harvard. Because the clinic accepts only 1 in 30 donors, clinic administrators feel that catering to students helps them streamline their stringent selection process. “Almost all of our donors come from colleges,” Arnone says. Unlike in Cook?...