Word: wente
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...third reason for the relative paucity of RSI in clerical work is that, in the past, not everybody went into the secretarying (or scrivening) business. If one couldn t type for long periods of time without pain then one chose a different profession. Now, however-and increasingly as figures like President Clinton tout computer ubiquity as the solution to our abysmal public schools-more and more kids grow up rattling away at the keyboard for hours...
...cookies, and unsteady columns of piled plastic cups threatening to tumble over on top of the large University Dining Services fruit and cheese plate which had pushed them to the edge of the round tabletop. Podolsky and Ben Rahn, the other leader of the group, welcomed everyone and then went through an informal outline of facts and tips; along the way both gave testimonials about their experiences with RSI. The atmosphere was casual but subdued, and the soft cadence of the presentation was broken by the occasional question or the rustle of a communal page-flip as everyone looked...
...reforming zeal, say GSC members, the good advising that went on was overlooked...
...awards went to David M. Cutler, professor of economics; Charles Hallisey, Loeb associate professor of the humanities, Joseph D. Harris, professor of economics, Eric J. Heller, professor of chemistry and physics, Lawrence F. Katz, professor of economics, Thomas A. McMahon, McKay professor of applied mechanics and professor of biology (awarded posthumously), James R. Rice, McKay professor of Engineering Sciences and Geophysics, William Mills Todd III, Reisinger professor of Slavic languages and literature...
McKean said the performance went well enough that PSLM might consider organizing similar events in the future...