Word: throwing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...BALLS. More oranges than you thought possible will float above you. Meet at 1:30 p.m. if you, too, want to throw things into the air. Outside Science Center...
...throw two pitches for strikes, get the running game going, and play good defense, we'll do all right," Walsh said. M.I.T. 5 Harvard...
...doesn't matter. What does matter is the effect their unseen presence (or absence) has on a group of affluent, complacent New York professionals. Having made it big doesn't conceal the fact that they're ill-equipped and totally unprepared for dealing with a crisis of this kind. Throw in a case of whiplash, back spasms, temporary deafness and all manner of quirks and mishaps, and you've got manifold ways of making them look even more foolish...
...batch of proxy statements provides plenty of ammunition. The corner office of a typical Fortune 500 company comes with annual total compensation of $7.8 million, an increase of roughly 50% over last year. CEOs make a good 200 times more than the average factory worker, even if you throw in the 3% raise that working stiffs gained in 1996. The pay disparity is five times greater than it was 30 years ago--and it's growing. You can almost hear the proletariat sharpening the guillotine...
...Advising (a.k.a. "throw one study break a year and call it even"). Every student at Harvard harbors nightmarish stories about academic advising: usually, that it did not exist. Students also know that you're lucky if you get a house tutor on your floor who knows your name, or a proctor who sees you more than twice your first year (and then only to sign study cards). It would be better as it stands for Harvard to admit that it offers no real advising than to keep up the pretense. Maybe we don't need it anyway--we're Harvard...