Word: wakeful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...early score served as a wake-up call forDuke, however, as it answered back with five goalsin the second period against just two for Harvard,to take a 5-4 lead into the intermission...
...reputation for precision, Carson could count on the support of leading scientists and conservation organizations, and was well positioned to command a hearing. Even so, the Digest and other magazines had little interest in this gloomy subject. Then, in 1957, there was a startling wildlife mortality in the wake of a mosquito-control campaign near Duxbury, Mass., followed by a pointless spraying of a DDT/fuel-oil mix over eastern Long Island for eradication of the gypsy moth. Next, an all-out war in the Southern states against the fire ant did such widespread harm to other creatures that its beneficiaries cried...
...view among first-years is that a House should combine four important characteristics: spacious rooms, location, location and location. In this sense, it's easy to see why the Quad gets such a bad rap. As a first-year, I imagined living in the Quad would force me to wake up at 5 a.m. so that I would have enough time to make the three-mile trek to class. I recoiled at the thought of constantly waiting for dilapidated shuttles driven by maniacal drivers. I worried about missing parties by the River and late-night runs to Tommy...
...love to mock the Quad. Indeed, the light-hearted River-Quad banter which colors the annual housing lottery is usually amusing and benign. The danger arises, however, when we mislead others into believing house life can be reduced to such simple terms as location and room size. In the wake of randomization, it becomes all the more important for each class to enter their house with an enthusiasm not just to live there, but to belong there. Only then can house spirit survive and flourish...
...fell over the scenic quadrangle. And hush was followed by a mad rush. In a dramatic reenactment, students poured out of their beer can-littered rooms and sprinted towards the redemption of a new temple, tearing up their shuttle schedules--clouds of red and green confetti fluttering in their wake...