Word: winter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...even talk to me about winter. It's never anything but a huge disappointment. Sure, you get the occasional snow day with nothing more important to do than slide down a steep hill on a snow tube and settle down with a steaming cup of hot chocolate. Maybe a day or two spent freezing your toes off at the ski slopes. But wait 'til it gets dark at 4:30 p.m. and there is nothing better to do than stay inside and do homework or watch TV. That's why I hate winter...
...autumn so much. Like spring, it's a transitional season. And my life, like everyone else's at college, has been enormously transitional in the past few years. In autumn, the land is moving slowly from the warm climate to which it's accustomed and readying itself for the winter that's ahead. I've been moving from my comfortable life in New Jersey to this new, bizarre life of my own. But the difference is crucialoin the fall, it doesn't get cold too quickly. Rather, the temperature chills at a nice leisurely rate...
...those that don't know, hockey and not basketball is traditionally Harvard's premier winter sport. The Athletic Department holds a midnight madness (starting at 10 p.m. tonight) for the icemen at Bright Hockey Center...
...expecting great results from the outreach program, which aims to create a much more comfortable winter season for the Harvard community. "If we immunize people, we're not going to see the flu," said Donna Campbell, infection control surveillance officer...
...flown back to the U.S. for further diagnosis and treatment. Then she - and maybe we - will learn her prognosis. Why the intense interest in this story? Blame it all on Mother Nature. These days, with technology allowing man almost complete coverage of the globe, Antarctica in winter provides one of the few remaining impenetrable frontiers. Just like the public fascination with the polar exploits of Scott and Amundsen at the turn of the century, the frozen continent continues to find ways to grip the imagination...