Word: typed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Because of her highly affectionate relationships with her gay male friends, Hilary L. Levey '02 says even her mother frequently questions her about her relationship status with these guys. "I say, 'I don't think I'm his type, mom,'" Levey says...
...proposing that we make all female heroines She-Ra-type characters or eliminate fashion shows, but I am advocating a change of mindset. We cannot expect the change to come only from men, so women must be pro-active. The stereotypes that prevail in the minds of many men will not fade until women call their bluff. This change will not come from the courts or Congress. Instead of bemoaning our situation, women must convince men that we are more than Barbies and that we abhor the Barbie treatment. And men must acknowledge the rueful truth: Barbie is just...
Just as you have to pity people who don't know how to type, you sort of have to pity people who, when graduating, have no interest in going into law, medicine, academia, public service or business. The vast majority of Harvard graduates in recent years have taken one of these five paths. These are obviously great choices if one wants to be a lawyer, doctor, scholar, civil servant or financier. But for hundreds of undecided students, choosing one of these five options is a lot like getting stuck with the least efficient keyboard in the world. What makes them...
...have to pity people who don't know how to type. There are fewer and fewer such creatures around nowadays, but once in a while you spot one. While others sit staring endlessly at the screen, looking for just the right word, they sit staring endlessly at the keyboard, looking for just the right letter...
...microwave or go out for dinner instead. But those options require more time, more money, more ingenuity--and the dining hall's shake'n'bake chicken is sitting right there waiting for you. It's as initially inefficient to make your own food as it is to learn to type on Dvorak. As long as you don't care too much about what you eat, the path of least resistance is the obvious choice--even though the food won't be as good...