Word: transients
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although the voyage and our visits were all too transient, the resulting knowledge, experiences, friends and wisdom were not; far too many students are unable to say that about their undergraduate years and courses. On the Semester at Sea, every second was a minute. When we returned to the U.S., it was like we had experienced another life and been reborn--culturally, spiritually and educationally. The U.S. seemed so different: when we returned, it felt just like another port...
When asked whether she had noticed any repeatstudent Thanksgiving customers, Haughey said shewas unsure. "We definitely have repeat customersfor Thanksgiving, but with students it's hard tosay. They're such a transient bunch," she said...
...turn. The presidential election has probably faded from the transient American consciousness by the time you read this article; a consequence of new events or the deluge of exposure given it by an insatiable media. Another compilation of vague recollections of that night in November may fail to tickle your erogenous zones, but at least persevere. For a certain nomadic Englishman, it was far from a normal night...
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education Lawrence A. Buell agrees that there is a dearth of courses on ethnicity at Harvard. Buell says the school's ethnic studies curriculum, if there is such a thing, is "embryotic right now--scarcely there except for a transient few courses...
...Those "transient few courses" are listed on five pages in the course catalog, under "Courses Related to Ethnic Studies in the United States...