Word: term
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Touchstone people--media reps would probably be the technical term for the dedicated individuals obliged to look after our needs--were exquisitely attentive, behaving as though they expected our opinions to have the slightest effect on the final box office gross their pictures would pull in. Deluded, no doubt, but so much the better...
...instance, my term bill last semester--$8000, plus two dollars for lost keys, one dollar for the library, and another two dollars to cover the cost of giving me a copy of my transcript. Now, no intensely self-respecting institution such as Harvard would ever demean itself so far as to nickel-and-dime the same students who pay over $16,000 each year to live in overcrowded dorms. Unless tradition was involved...
MOST STUDENTS have classes that meet right through reading period. The professors say that they "need the time" to present all the extra material that could not be crammed into the official semester. In addition, a majority of students have multiple term papers due during this time. The professors' attitude is that if you want to study for finals over "reading period," then you'd better do your papers during "vacation." I think these people ought to have their "brains" checked...
Vellucci first made mighty Harvard sit up and take notice in the spring of 1956, during his first City Council term...
...power outage darkened the Radcliffe Quadrangle for nearly an hour last night, stopping term papers in mid-sentence, stranding the studious in Hilles Library, but reprieving the bulk of the undergraduates from work...