Word: ticket
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...pitting, coffee drinking and Kerouac reading before graduation. But there's another way to regard that extra year: as a peace dividend. A generation ago, in the midst of the Vietnam War, the idea of a year off from college was dangerously ridiculous. Leaving school meant a one-way ticket to Saigon. Two generations ago it was Korea. Three generations ago, war-torn Europe or the inferno of the Pacific. My generation has had the blessing of growing up in peaceful times, and it has made all the difference. That fifth year of college has given us, in the best...
When McDonald's was rolling its sesame-seeded success across virgin country, obtaining a franchise was a ticket to a fast-food fortune. Says a winner in Georgia, who insisted on anonymity: "You see a lot of affluence, and you think it's waiting for you when you grab the keys." But as competition stiffened, a set of Golden Arches has become less golden and more arch. The average franchisee owns 3.4 stores, each of which generates about $1.5 million in sales. With profits falling, though, the resale value of a store is half that of three years ago, according...
Spurred to action, Gupta ran for co-president of SAA at the end of her sophomore year on a ticket with Vikaas S. Sohal '97. The two won and immediately introduced some changes...
Harvard, however, was too young and too tired to ward off the bigger Cornell squad. After 60 minutes of physical, emotional play, the Big Red walked away with a 4-2 victory the next night and a ticket to the ECAC semifinals in Lake Placid...
...after last season's loss to Princeton in the Ivy League championship series, Harvard had some unfinished business. Walsh was not only able to take his team to an Ivy title over the Tigers the following season, but the Crimson bested Army to win a ticket to the tournament, then posted upset victories over UCLA and Stetson in the Midwest Regional...