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...Because If You Put Numbers on It, People Will Read Anything, However Trite, Trivial and Insipid, from Beginning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power of 10 | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

Befitting a place known for adding complexity to seemingly trivial tasks, the votes cast by Harvard students in the Undergraduate Council presidential race will go through an elaborate algorithm before a winner is determined...

Author: By Roger R. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Voting System Can Be Fickle | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

...says, “a small, trivial, rather ridiculous object of the commonest domestic use, it’s just wanting in—what shall I say? Well, dignity, or the least approach to distinction...

Author: By Natasha S. Whitney, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Literary Mystery: Solved | 11/20/2007 | See Source »

...instance, consider the financial logistics of study-abroad programs. While in a developed nation like the United States most middle class students have the opportunity to travel overseas, such costs are often much less trivial for students in developing nations. Most universities offer limited, if any, financial aid for international students. Harvard, which offers identical financial aid to all admits, is a notable exception rather than the rule. Thus it is no surprise that international education is often limited to the highest socioeconomic strata of developing nations, which skews educational exchange...

Author: By N. KATHY Lin | Title: The Educated Imperialist | 11/20/2007 | See Source »

...short survey of recent adjustments to college life should suffice: in-suite fireplaces sealed up, the House lottery completely randomized, and an unspoken tolerance of underage drinking imperiously overridden. Even these more trivial, yet preciously guarded, traditions of Harvard life have garnered the wrath of the postmodern social engineers who run this University...

Author: By Christopher B. Lacaria | Title: A Tradition to Be Cherished | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

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