Word: tradeoff
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Cramped spaces and malfunctioning computers went with the territory in the old building, but there was a tradeoff...
...week of August, cutting short internships and jobs that expect you to go through Labor Day. Further, many professors moan, starting before Labor Day would cut short their time on the Cape and at the Vineyard. However, starting in August, as most other Ivy-Leaguers do, seems a worthwhile tradeoff for finishing the semester before vacation, internships and the Vineyard notwithstanding. It would even be acceptable to shave four days off reading period and a few days off finals to allow us to begin a little later in the summer, still end early and have reading period in the middle...
Even this tradeoff may prove unyielding. Last week the state-owned Aviation Industry of China announced it was granting a contract worth an estimated $2 billion to a Europe-Singapore consortium to build 100-seat jetliners. And in April, during a visit to Paris, Prime Minister Li Peng also snubbed Boeing by approving a deal to buy 33 French-built Airbus planes. It was a not so subtle message to the U.S. to back off its criticism of China's trade and human-rights policies...
There is an inevitable tradeoff in the decision; a conservatory can give many performers the experience and contacts they need, but requires students to sacrifice other interests...
...There's the tradeoff of diversity [at a conservatory]," says pianist Sophia S. Chen '97, who attended the Julliard Preparatory School for three years during high school. "I came here because I wanted to be more than one-dimensional...