Word: wonder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Kasparov stomped away from the board after resigning to IBM's highly touted technical wonder, angrily declaring that the contest had proven very little and that he had been demoralized ever since the computer's victory in Game Two. Even commentators were shocked at Kasparov's poor performance, as the grandmaster seemed to make some critical blunders early in the match...
...take on the Scientologists. Littman says he's starting to feel the same way. He continues to be intrigued by the subject matter but he thinks the subjects may not be worth the trouble. "If I do another book about hackers, it will probably be fiction," he says. I wonder if even that would help...
...years later, when Weil had moved on to Harvard Medical School, he attracted public attention again--this time to the other side of the drug divide. Having earned his undergraduate degree in botany and having witnessed the growing frenzy over the popularity of marijuana on campus, Weil began to wonder just how much of a scourge the drug really was. Since one of his course requirements was to conduct an independent research project, he petitioned Harvard administrators to allow him to attempt the first-ever double-blind human experiments on the intoxicating powers of pot. Harvard agreed but reminded Weil...
...wonder, then, that there is such anger towards those who try to get labor on the cheap. This is the basis of Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger's recent attack on New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's workfare program. Messinger called Giuliani's program "chattel ownership and indentured servitude." Her attack turns on this second component of labor's value; she laments in the Forward that not enough of the participants received real jobs...
...community. I am pleased when The Crimson attempts to investigate members of the administration, and publish what the University does not want to become public. In my opinion, The Crimson should do more of this. When this same type of aggressive reporting translates to student actions and events, I wonder how much the Harvard community needs to know...