Word: turn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that bear Harvard's name. At the time, we were not in a very good position to respond, because traditionally universities in this country have not been involved in the manufacture of such items. Universities authorize licensees such as Champion or Starter to produce clothing, and those licensees in turn contract with shirt or hat factories who do the actual manufacturing. The licensees pay us a royalty (usually less than 10 percent of the wholesale price, which is about half the retail price) for each item. But universities are not in the business of making or selling the clothing itself...
...People with eating disorders tend to be very driven, perfectionists, competitive and other-oriented," Reindl says. "Harvard tends to select for people who are going to be all of those. It's a very stressful environment. People turn to eating disorders to cope...It exacerbates any previous tendency to an eating disorder...
...ECHO's greatest concerns is compulsive exercise, which is a common form of bulimia among Harvard students. Instead of purging to get rid of food in their systems, compulsive exercisers turn to intensive workouts...
When Rachel's best friend commits suicide, the only classmate who reaches out to her is a compassionate football hunk (Jason London). The rest of the school tricks and torments Rachel, which really does not turn out to be such a smart move. After all, as the ad copy proclaims, "making Rachel angry could prove to be fatal...
...done right, but the government has none of those incentives. Bureaucrats get paid whether the government works or not, " says TIME assistant managing editor Philip Elmer-DeWitt. Nor is the government so red-faced with shame over its Y2K slip-up that it has resolved to turn over a new leaf -- or even name another self-imposed deadline. Still, don't let visions of muddled air traffic controllers dampen your New Year 2000 celebration plans yet. Cars will still run on highways, and planes -- knock on wood -- will still take off, albeit with delays. Says Elmer-DeWitt: "The good news...