Word: terming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harrington's introduction immediately gives an intriguing definition of the term placebo, which, in addition to being Latin for "I shall please," actually originates in the opening phrase of the Catholic vespers for the dead. This irony alone is enough to sustain the casual reader's curiosity through Harrington's brief historical summary of placebo usage and experimentation that also introduces each of the contributing essayists, who range from Howard Spiro of the Yale School of Medicine to University of California neurobiology professor Howard L. Fields...
Personal Background: On a one-page resume you have had to leave out a great deal. This section may be used to mention information that you consider important such as: "Have worked every term to help pay college expenses delivering newspapers, washing dishes, bartending, driving a shuttle bus." "Lived in a small town in Ohio until I came to Harvard." "Born and grew up in New York City." (Where you spent your youth may be an important message to the employer.) "Played varsity lacrosse and intramural basketball...
...full year abroad. As with year-long programs, students who study abroad for one semester find that their time away provides extraordinary academic and personal rewards. Students who study abroad during the summer also find the time away extremely helpful to meet certain goals best suited to a short-term program...
Students who study abroad are officially on a leave of absence from the University, and are not charged fees during their term(s) away...
...home video (one of the movie's oddly anachronistic touches): "I am a maker of matches, the human kind"--that's for clarity's sake--"where people get together, get married and live happily ever after." He then proceeds to reassure his viewers that this ambitious project of long-term matchmaking can be measured quantitatively with pie charts and line graphs...